Clues from the early universe

Searching for the graviton

Chapter 1

The puzzle of gravity

Chapter 2

The quantum clash

Chapter 3

Vibrating strings and extra dimensions

Chapter 4

The ultimate cosmic detective work

YOUR GOAL

Master of Searching for the graviton

Ch 4 · The ultimate cosmic detective work
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hue Gravitons

Wanna catch a graviton? (Yeah, it turns into a black hole!)

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hue Listening to gravitational waves

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Clues from the early universe

hue The best chance of finding evidence for gravitons lies in studying the cosmic microwave background radiation.

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Listening to gravitational waves

hue Although we cannot see single gravitons, we can detect massive ripples in spacetime called gravitational waves.

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Finding Mr. Gravitron
BETA

hue Track quantum clues across space to discover how gravitons pull the universe together.

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Fun Fact

Jupiter detector: To detect a single graviton, we would need a detector as heavy as Jupiter placed near a highly dense neutron star.

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Gossip

Will we ever find a graviton?

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Quiz

Which country is currently constructing the LIGO-India gravitational wave detector?

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hue Global efforts in quantum gravity

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Quiz

Why is detecting a single graviton considered nearly impossible?

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Quiz

What is the ancient light left over from the Big Bang called?

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Quiz

What type of quantum experiment might prove gravity is quantum without detecting a single graviton?

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Quiz

In what year were gravitational waves first directly detected by LIGO?

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Quiz

What cosmic event produced the gravitational waves detected by LIGO in 2015?

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Quiz

How massive would a graviton detector need to be to find one particle every decade?

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Quiz

What specific light polarization pattern are scientists looking for to prove primordial gravitons?

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