Re:Fails? (Score 5, Informative)

Yes. This is no failure in the dectection technology. People at LIGO have estimated what they can detect and what they cannot. This puts an upper bound in the energy of the gravitational waves that were emitted by the GRB source. If it emitted more they would have detected them. This shows GRBs theories have a long way to go. We dont even know the total intrinsic amount of energy of a GRB source. If the source radiates in a polar pattern (like a lighthouse) we only see a small fraction of the GRB sources that exists (when the beam is directed toward the earth), in this case the intrinsic amount of energy is much smaller. If the GRB radiates like a star in all directions the intrinsic amount of energy is MUCH bigger. We can estimate the maximum size of the source bases in the timing of the event (if it has very fast variations it must be smaller because the information to coordinate this variation cannot propagate faster than light). But we dont know much more. This "failed" experiment is as important fot GRBs theory as the "failed" experiment in detecting the aether wind by Michelson and Morley was for the birth of Relativity. It shows we must review our theories. Airton da Fonseca Granero