Nuclear explosions create electromagnetic pulses which are a hazard to electronics.
Would someone a few star systems over from a core collapse supernova be in danger?
A quick search turned up onl...
Feynman answered this with a yes, using a thought experiment with a rod strung with beads that move with friction. He reasoned that a passing wave would result in the beads releasing friction heat....
The part that's easy to understand is that amplitude and phase are non-commuting so the more precise you are on one, the more uncertainty in the other.
But how, in an application like LIGO, are th...
