Reply To: What can we do with $189 Billion?

[Brian H]

Mstry4u wrote:

In the BEC state, magnetic waves propagate simultaneously in all of three directions (up-down, forward-backward and left-right). At the quantum critical point, however, the waves stop propagating in the up-down dimension, causing the magnetic ripples to exist in only two dimensions, much the same way as ripples are confined to the surface of a pond.

This “geometrical frustration” makes it difficult for the magnetic waves to propagate in the third up-down dimension, which leads to its two-dimensionality.

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So how about it, is there any possibility that gravity waves might be hindered by a material in a BEC state? ideas?

The nature, or even the existence, of gravity waves is a fraught topic. IF the experiments at CERN provide any indication of the existence of the Higgs “God” particle, some insight may relate to BEC. A gravity/inertia boson is a pretty wild concept!