Detecting gravitational waves
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So, putting it all together, if light behaves l...
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Deep inside some stars,the conditions --- tempe...
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Now, suppose light acts like a wave instead.If ...
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For example, consider a ball rolling towards a ...
What happens is that a small section of the pla...
Observe an Iridium Satellite Flare
Measure the Earth's Radius with a Stopwatch
All the waves we've seen so far havenot moved.W...
To make things EVEN simpler,let's assume that t...
Now, what happens if we watch the ropeover a lo...
The spherical mini-waves expand outward and ove...
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Since 50% of the photons from the laser will pa...
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The other half of the time (25% overall), theph...
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So, let's move the student farther away.(Click ...
It might help to answer a few simple questions....
Tools: Geometry and Time
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