CALIFORNIA, iNews.id – The buzz of hum is often heard by researchers. An international team of researchers is conducting a study to find the “buzz” created by gravitational waves.
Members of the research team included scientists from the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), Virgo Collaboration, and the Center for Gravitational Astrophysics (CGA) at The Australian National University (ANU). Researchers on the project believe the spinning neutron stars create bulges just a few millimeters high that can produce a constant stream or “buzz” of gravitational waves.
Scientists used a method previously used to detect gravitational waves for the first time in 2015 to capture the stellar noise created by massive black holes and dense neutron stars.
Capturing noise is a significant challenge. Scientists liken it to trying to catch the squeaking sound of a mouse when an elephant stomps, as quoted from Slahs
If the team succeeds, it will be the first detection of a gravitational event that doesn’t involve the collision of massive objects like black holes or neutron stars. Although scientific investigations are ongoing around the world, neutron stars remain a mystery.
Editor: Dini Listiyani
