Veritasium
Neutron Star Merger Gravitational Waves and Gamma Rays (2017x22)
Date de diffusion: Oct 16, 2017
Original Title: First Ever Light & Gravitational Wave Cosmic Event!
The merging of two neutron stars was detected by gravitational waves and then by telescopes in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. This is a historic detection as it demonstrates:
- the first gravitational waves detected from inspiraling neutron stars
- the first joint observation by gravitational wave and electromagnetic wave astronomy
- identification of a gamma ray burst in conjunction with merging neutron stars
- how gravitational waves and gamma rays can be used together to locate their source
All evidence so far indicates that the data support General Relativity.
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