Interferometric detection of gravitational waves: how can a wild roam through mindless mathematical laws really be a trek towards the goal of unification?

2017/03/04 by Christian Corda, Corda, C., Reza Katebi +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1703.01493

openalex publication_date 2017/03/04 · openalex created_date 2017/03/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The event GW150914 was the first historical detection of gravitational waves (GWs). The emergence of this ground-breaking discovery came not only from incredibly innovative experimental work, but also from a centennial of theoretical analyses. Many such analyses were performed by pioneering scientists who had wandered through a wild territory of mathematical laws. We explore such wandering and explain how it may impact the grand goal of unification in physics.

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