Thursday, October 16, 2014

Blog 8: Research and Working EQ

1.) What is your working EQ?
- What is the best solution for detecting gravitational waves?

2.) What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.
• Gravitational waves should be able to be detected by interferometers spaced throughout the Earth, such as LIGO and LISA.

3.)  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?
- The most important source I have used so far has been the Giancoli Physics Textbook. This is because of the way it simplifies complex physics phenomenon such as black holes. It is very easy to use yet still very powerful. Mrs. Pittman recommended it to me for use, and I have been happy so far.
It told me of some ways scientists detect gravitational waves such as through interferometers like LIGO.

4.)  Who is your mentor, or where are you doing mentorship, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?
- My mentor is Dr. Bela Szilagyi and what we do is simulate what happens when two binary black holes collide and model the gravitational waves that occur. This relates to my working EQ since it concerns detecting gravitational waves, and from what we have being doing, they are detected through interferometers.

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