引力波百年研究速写

The Sketch Drawing of the Research on Gravitational Wave for 100 Years

1916年"引力波"一词出现在爱因斯坦的文章中,2016年2月科学家公布了直接探测引力波的实验结果。这一消息令世界轰动,这一刻仿佛科学仅仅意味着相对论,爱因斯坦就是科学之神,他的影响力再次君临世界。如果说科学事业也是浪漫的,那么它的浪漫如春燕衔泥筑巢一般,建立在科学家仔细、认真又大胆的一步步艰难的研究工作之上。引力波这一足够专门的研究也是如此。其理论探索一直论争纷扰,但也稳步前进;其实验研究除了耗资巨大,需要地利、人和外,还要依赖适当的天机。科学家的不懈努力终于由间接验证到直接探测,达到了实验研究的一个圆满新阶段。大众需要了解和知道的是,引力波与电磁波不同,它至少目前看来不会直接影响人们的衣食住行。引力波的发现所具有的更多是科学理论层面上的价值与意义。

The gravitational wave first appeared in Einstein＇s article in 1916. In February 2016, scientists announced the experimental results which they got directly in the work to detect gravitational waves. The news let the world excite, at this moment, science as if simply means that the theory of relativity, Albert Einstein is the God of science, and his influence dominate the world again. If science is romantic, then it＇ s romance like swallows build their nests with mud bit by bit in spring, is based on scientists＇ careful, serious, bold and hard research works. The research on gravitational wave is rather specialized, and it is just like other scientific research works. The theoretical research of it was always full of arguments, but steadily went on. The experimental research of it were not only need money, the right places, the co-work but also right time or chance. The untiring efforts of scientists finally get the results from indirect verification to direct experimental study and detecting, and made the experimental research step into a new stage. The public must understand and know that the gravitational wave is different from electromagnetic wave, at least today it cannot directly affect people＇s basic everyday life. The discovery of gravitational waves has more value and significance to scientific theory.