Gravitational Waves - Updates today!

[Gingerbread Demon]

What would happen if two Gravitational Waves from two different events such as a double black hole collision took place?

Errr that's what caused this detection. I think it was two colliding black holes wasn't it?

 

[Silvercrest]

Then we have our answer.

 

[sojourner]

I think he's asking what would happen if two different sets of colliding black holes caused gravitational waves and those waves collided, what would happen?.

The answer is, not much.

 

[Dryson]

I think he's asking what would happen if two different sets of colliding black holes caused gravitational waves and those waves collided, what would happen?.

The answer is, not much.

And where is your proof of not much happening Quacky McDuck Bill?

 

[Silvercrest]

If you don't want to accept the answers, then don't ask the questions.

 

[sojourner]

And where is your proof of not much happening Quacky McDuck Bill?

You probably won't read this, but here's a wiki article on waves.

 

[Silvercrest]

I think making up derogatory nicknames for other posters is not going to win you any friends.

 

[Dryson]

You probably won't read this, but here's a wiki article on waves.

Gravitational Waves are very strong especially coming from two merging black holes.

 

[PurpleBuddha]

Gravitational Waves are very strong especially coming from two merging black holes.

Are you trying to set up your extinction argument again? Let me save you some time. Here is an excerpt from Brian Koberlein, an astrophysicist.

The discovery of gravitational waves from two merging black holes has raised a number of questions about what would happen if two black holes merged near our solar system. While the real answer is complex, we can do a back of the envelope calculation.
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For example, suppose the two black holes were a billion times closer. At a distance of 1.3 light years the gravitational waves of the merger would be a billion times greater, raising the shift to one part in 1012. The arm of advanced LIGO would have shifted by four nanometers, or about half the width of a hydrogen atom. Huge by optical standards, but not really noticeable. The entire Earth would shift in diameter by about a hundredth of a millimeter. Such a shift might trigger some seismic activity that was on the edge of happening anyway, but it wouldn’t be the end of the world. If we put the black holes even closer, their mass alone would start to disrupt the Oort cloud, regardless of any gravitational waves. So we can safely say that merging black holes will never have a serious effect on us.
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If you were really 10,000 kilometers from two orbiting solar mass black holes their gravity would pose a much greater threat than any gravitational waves. While gravitational waves can carry a great deal of energy, they only interact weakly with matter. In many ways it’s amazing that we can detect gravitational waves at all.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/02/16/iphone-7-headphone-jack-replacement/#755157444aac

 

[sojourner]

Gravitational Waves are very strong especially coming from two merging black holes.

And? They're still waves.

 

[JWPlatt]

What would happen if two Gravitational Waves from two different events such as a double black hole collision took place?

Something... wonderful.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Constructive and destructive interference would take place - so the amplitudes would add in some places where the waves in space-time happen to be in phase and subtract where in anti-phase. However, the sum of two teeny-weeny waves, while being not quite so teeny-weeny, is still teeny-weeny.

 

[{ Emilia }]

And where is your proof of not much happening Quacky McDuck Bill?

As far as insults or derogatory remarks go this ranks pretty low on my list and I'm sure you just meant to congratulate @sojourner on his cute avatar. At least that is the story you should stick to.

 

[scotthm]

What would happen if two Gravitational Waves from two different events such as a double black hole collision took place?

Space would vibrate.

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[Silvercrest]

"I'm pickin' up grav vibrations
She's giving me X-ray excitations
I'm pickin' up grav vibrations (Oom bop, bop, grav vibrations)
She's giving me X-ray excitations (Oom bop, bop, X-citations)"

Apologies to Brian and the boys.

 

[Data Holmes]

I'm curious if a biological entity can be able to detect these waves, and what effect that would have on them.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I'm curious if a biological entity can be able to detect these waves, and what effect that would have on them.

The shemales on Rigel 4 can.

This was meant as a funny comment. Just so ya know.

 

[Data Holmes]

The shemales on Rigel 4 can.

I was thinking more of whales and the high number of reacent mass beachings that have been happening in the pacific.

 

[sojourner]

Yes, because gravity waves are a recent phenomena. We just happened to come up with a way to detect them around the same time they caused mass whale beachings.

Your idea has some real cause and effect issues.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I was thinking more of whales and the high number of reacent mass beachings that have been happening in the pacific.

Whales and dolphins use sonar to navigate, also they are I think sensitive to the Earth's magnetic fields and also use those for navigation. I think beachings happen when they get their directions messed up..