Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 18:52:44 -0400
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
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Subject: [WSFA] Gravitational waves: have US scientists heard echoes of the big bang?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Excerpt:
There is intense speculation among cosmologists that a US team is on the
verge of confirming they have detected "primordial gravitational waves" –
an echo of the big bang in which the universe came into existence 14bn
years ago.

Rumours have been rife in the physics community about an announcement due
on Monday from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. If there
is evidence for gravitational waves, it would be a landmark discovery that
would change the face of cosmology and particle physics.

Gravitational waves are the last untested prediction of Albert Einstein's
General Theory of Relativity. They are minuscule ripples in the fabric of
the universe that carry energy across space, somewhat similar to waves
crossing an ocean. Convincing evidence of their discovery would almost
certainly lead to a Nobel prize.
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<http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/14/gravitational-waves-big-bang-universe-bicep>

      mark