LISA

The theory of relativity points to gravitational waves; the math and scientific observations conclude that there are gravitational waves; but detecting them directly has been difficult. LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) is a project that aims to detect gravitational waves using three satellites that orbit Earth in a triangular configuration. The tiny (on our human scale) fluctuations in the size of the triangle will be used to measure gravitational waves.


Here is the latest website for LISA, last updated June 9, 2011.
http://lisa.nasa.gov/

Also, there will be a free webinar for an August 14-16, 2012 PhysPAG Workshop (Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group). Contact pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov/physpag for more information. Registration is required.





The Hot Marble proposes using gravitational wave detection for navigation. The book's concept imagines capturing the resonance patterns of related objects in space in the silicon construction of a bit of software (the marble).


One question that I have is this: Since the gravitational resonance between the Earth and the Moon is enough to pull the oceans up into tides, why cannot this close, readily available phenomenon be used to detect gravitational waves? It is known that the tide action varies; some spots on the Earth have higher tides because of the gravitational resonance harmonics. Why not measure the gravitational harmonics from different spots on the Earth? Or has this been done and I haven't found it yet?

Ajith & Arun: Good brief overview of gravitational wave research

Feature: P. Ajith and K. G. Arun, Gravitational Wave Astronomy: A New Window to the Universe, Resonance, Oct. 2011, 922-32.


In a fun monthly publication that has been around a number of years, Resonance Journal of Scientific Education, published by the Indian Academy of Science in Bangalore, the article by Ajith and Arun is a good overview of gravitational wave research. Anyone interested in gravitational resonance can appreciate this easy-to-follow discussion of what gravitational waves are (distortions in the spacetime geometry that propagate with the speed of light { called gravitational waves). p.923) the interferometers that have been built to try to assess them, and the state-to-date of the research.


As of the writing, the authors state, gravitational waves have not been directly identified. Nevertheless, indirect observations have produced significant results, validating Einstein's theory of general relativity that describes gravity. 


LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) stations have been built around the world to intercept gravitational waves from cosmic events such as supernovae. Proposed is a station in the Indian Ocean area, in India or Australia, and a group has been formed to bring the idea to fruition: Indian Initiative in Gravitational-wave Observations (IndIGO). This will bear watching.


The article mentions a type of gravitational wave detection which interests me: Indeed, laser interferometry is not the only way of detecting gravitational waves. The experimental effort for this was pioneered by the American physicist Joseph Weber using resonant-bar detectors. The idea behind these detectors is that as a gravitational wave passes through an object, it will get deformed. If the object is vibrating at a characteristic resonance, then the deformation will appear as a deviation from its resonant ringing. Several resonant-bar detectors are operational around the world, although with lower sensitivity and bandwidth compared to interferometers. (p. 929). THE HOT MARBLE science proposes such a resonance-based detector, a system which gathers its information from gravitational-wave vibrations in the planet's core, a large sensing area compared to a resonant-bar detector, and compares them to previous readings recorded in a matrix of atomic and subatomic particles (the marble).

Gravitational Resonance and travelling faster

Has anyone tried creating gravitational resonance to see if that shortens a path from point A to point B (artificially makes things go faster)?

THE HOT MARBLE available through Amazon.

Take a look at Amazon to find my book. The original list price is $25, and they discount it from time to time.

I am so excited! You can find a press release about THE HOT MARBLE on Google.

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Recent article

I found what looks like a good article by B. Sorazu, et al., titled "Experimental test of higher-order LG modes in the 10m Glasgow prototype interferometer." It is a Powerpoint in iWorks dated July 8, 2011.

New Project for Space Mapping

A satellite called the RadioAstron, or Spectr-R project, is networking with the ground system of radio telescopes to map a "high precision coordinate frame" for the observable universe. The whole project uses light, sound, and gravitational wave monitoring in its multi-sensory mapping effort. I will have to check this out more closely (it was launched in 2009), and see how it is doing. Also, the system reminds me of the Lanthran locating system in my book, THE HOT MARBLE. A very nice link is http://www.asc.rssi.ru/radioastron/_files/booklet_en.pdf

Interferometer

Please note: In my book THE HOT MARBLE, I have not proposed using a machine to travel through space if the two connexion points are humanly inhabitable. Gravitational resonance strums the space and achieving the proper resonance allows someone to pass through apparently distant lines.

However, an antigravity machine prototype such as Provatidis and Tsiriggakis have designed would be quite handy to travel to a moon. 

The hot marble is an interferometer that stores the coordinates of distant space systems, allowing for orbits and eccencitries. You might call it a "tuner." It sorts through all the stations out there to find the right one for observation or travel. See my blog titled: thehotmarble.blogspot.com for more about the story.