{"id":34791,"date":"2018-10-31T13:20:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T07:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34791"},"modified":"2018-10-31T13:20:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T07:50:41","slug":"a-theory-is-validated-revelations-are-promised-indian-ligo-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-theory-is-validated-revelations-are-promised-indian-ligo-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"A theory is validated, revelations are promised: \u2018Indian Ligo\u2019 rolls:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/a-theory-is-validated-revelations-are-promised-indian-ligo-rolls-4873162\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A theory is validated, revelations are promised: \u2018Indian Ligo\u2019 rolls<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Indian Ligo\u2019 would become operational in 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Detection of gravitational waves<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The detection of gravitational waves came as a fundamental discovery. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The detection of gravitational waves by the US-based Ligo (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) detectors was an experimental validation of an existing theory<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albert Einstein had postulated the existence of gravitational waves through his work on the general theory of relativity, and created the mathematical foundation for it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concept of gravitational waves flowed from Einstein\u2019s attempt to explain two inexplicable facets of an otherwise extremely successful and beautiful theory of gravitation proposed by Isaac Newton in the 17th century<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discrepancies in Newton\u2019s theory were resolved by Einstein\u2019s proposal that massive objects actually bend space-time around them, just like a large ball, when placed on a rubber sheet, creates a depression around it. And, it is this curvature of space-time that forces smaller bodies to feel \u2018attracted\u2019 towards more massive objects<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About the Indian Ligo<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ligo detectors at two sites in the US are among the most sophisticated scientific facilities in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Ligo, as it has come to be called, will be a replica of the two US observatories, and the three will together to form an array of Ligo facilities<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Ligo is slated to begin scientific operations in 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the time the Indian facility comes online, it is expected that detection of gravitational waves would become a frequent affair.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The novelty and excitement of first detection will no longer be there, but the data from every such instance would continue to be valuable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists expect that very soon gravitational waves would become as common a tool as light and other electromagnetic waves are today in unveiling the secrets of the universe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prelims Related News<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A theory is validated, revelations are promised: \u2018Indian Ligo\u2019 rolls:\u00a0 Context \u2018Indian Ligo\u2019 would become operational in 2024. Detection of gravitational waves The detection of gravitational waves came as a fundamental discovery. The detection of gravitational waves by the US-based Ligo (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) detectors was an experimental validation of an existing theory. Background&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-theory-is-validated-revelations-are-promised-indian-ligo-rolls\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A theory is validated, revelations are promised: \u2018Indian Ligo\u2019 rolls:\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704801393},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}