Posted on 02/24/2016 5:53:58 PM PST by MtnClimber
Now that LIGO has detected their first gravitational wave signal, the part of Einstein's theory that predicts that the fabric of space itself should have ripples and waves in it has been confirmed. This brings up all sorts of interesting questions, including this one from reader (and Patreon supporter!) Joe Latone, who asks:
"Are gravity waves expected to exhibit wave-particle duality, and if so, have LIGO physicists already conceived of ways to test it, like the double-slit experiment?"
It started out simply enough: matter was made of particles, things like atoms and their constituents, and radiation was made of waves. You could tell something was a particle because it would do things like collide and bounce off of other particles, stick together, exchange energy, become bound, etc. And you could tell something was a wave because it would diffract and interfere with itself. Newton got this one wrong about light, thinking it was made of particles, but others such as Huygens (his contemporary) and then the early-1800s scientists like Young and Fresnel showed definitively that light exhibited properties that couldn't be explained without considering it a wave.
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I’ve always said that.
Lots of new experiments bring proposed very quickly. Interesting theories too.
this is way over my head. LOL
No, but a nice high roller wave coming in at Rincon is neat.
They are bi.
Creating a measurable gravity would seem like a real challenge.
When Joju was asked if the dog has Buddha nature ... which is a similar question ... he answered 'Mu!!!!!" ... sometimes this is taken to mean 'No', but it really means, "the question is invalid." Like asking 'Does 2 + 2 equal yellow, or green"
This is the nature of the wave particle issue. The question is invalid, "Mu" or silence are more accurate answers, in that they contain no incorrectness, which each of the wave vs particle answers do. It would also be incorrect to say it's both, and equally incorrect to say 'neither.'
The paradox is caused by the question, not the phenomena itself, which is unproblematic.
"Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form" is how this was expressed thousands of years ago, though with the caveat that even that is not 'correct', it is merely less incorrect than anything else you can say. (Add to that, Form is Form, Emptiness is Emptiness, No Form, Nor Emptiness and so on.)
I understand that all of that will satisfy no one, but then I'm not asking for credit or to get paid for pointing it out.
If it moves, it’s a wave. A singularity does not move until it is no longer a singularity.
Music works because it does something besides sit idle ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI3USGvj8MA&list=PLC9C44FE4E0F8236F&index=196
Oh hell yes!
“this is way over my head. LOL”
Do you feel something pulling you towards the ceiling?
Fine! No credit for you!!!
Mu!
Good music. I had never heard of them. Off to listen to some of their other stuff.
Space and Time can expand to infinity because it has no mass.
LOL
(Gulps) OK, sir, ask me the three questions.
What is your name?
Uh, it's William T. Drill, sir.
What is your quest?
Well, a winning season for the Mariners would be nice.
Do Gravitational Waves Exhibit Wave-Particle Duality?
Oh, crap! I dunno. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Yep - I’m of the opinion now that everything has duality particle/wave. everything is part of the continuum based on the frequency. As the frequency becomes longer the mass become more prominent ... thus gravitons with very long wave frequencies have more mass, light less mass higher frequency, sound is actually a frequency of air molecules, etc.... should lead to some interesting discussions on frequency interactions I should think.
Gravity Sucks!
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