Home computers working for Einstein
2005/03/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria
The physicists of the LIGO observatory call for the help of street people: the computers of the house of a million people seek the origins of gravitational waves to highlight spatial and temporal deformation.
It has long been announced the existence of gravitational waves, one of Einstein's best-known contributions, but they have not yet been seen. Those of the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) since 2000 seek some spatial deformation by exploring the sky using a laser system and mirrors. They hope to find a source that emits regular gravitational waves.
But there is a problem: 99.99% of the data set received by the detectors is noise. Therefore, a large computational capacity is required for the analysis of the data, and to solve it the collaboration of the people of the street has been requested. It is only necessary to install a program on the home computer and use it for data analysis when not used.
