They absolutely found gravitational waves and will probably get the Nobel prize for it if confirmed as most think it will be.
Ha!!!!
Sure, they may get the Nobel prize, but unfortunately, since some time, that means nothing with Al Gore and Obama in the process of having gained that "honor" having contributed to the deflation of the value of same..
Solid evidence of gravitational waves? No way, not correct, and those scientists, who published the news were the first ones to make it quite clear, that while they found what they believe is strong indications of what could be the final evidence of gravitation waves, the final work to find irrefutable evidence of same.still remains.
Here some 3rd party comments:
Is it for real?
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astrophysicist
"This should be viewed as a provisional result – it has not yet been sent to a professional journal for publication, it has not been peer-reviewed, and it needs independent confirmation. Confirmation may well come from the Planck satellite data, possibly later this year, and its data is likely to be better in quantity and quality (and much more expensive!).
Further:
"Because of how potentially important these results are, they must be viewed with skepticism, said David Spergel, professor of astrophysics at Princeton University. The measurement is a very difficult one to make and could easily be contaminated. There are, as it stands, some "oddities" in the results that could be concerning, he said.
"I am looking forward to seeing these results confirmed or refuted by other experiments in the next year or two," Spergel said.
The Planck space telescope collaboration is expected to release results on polarization of the cosmic microwave background as well, Irwin said. Other experiments are working toward similar goals, which could support or go against BICEP2.
"Regardless, Monday's announcement is making big waves in the scientific community. |
