https://phys.org/news/2022-05-laser-breakthrough-gravitational.html
So LIGO and others will be much more sensitive but as they stand now, the frequency of the waves will still be the same so LIGO and the rest won't be able to see the longer or shorter gravitational waves just yet.
I wonder if these new techniques will enable HS students or undergrads to build their own desktop gravity wave detectors?
@sonhouse saidGiven the speed of development in Laser technology: maybe. However placing a device in a way that it can perform its task will be a challenge. In big cities it will probably be impossible.
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-laser-breakthrough-gravitational.html
So LIGO and others will be much more sensitive but as they stand now, the frequency of the waves will still be the same so LIGO and the rest won't be able to see the longer or shorter gravitational waves just yet.
I wonder if these new techniques will enable HS students or undergrads to build their own desktop gravity wave detectors?
@Ponderable
Why? Because big cities have too much vibration? The pretty much solved that problem for LIGO. A thousand times the sensitivity would go a long way if it can be miniaturized.
There still needs to be fundamental work done to capture gravitational waves at other frequencies of scientific import which will be the only way we can delve closer and closer to the big bang, gravity waves are the only thing that can see that time period.