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Can the Existence of a Worm Hole be Done With a Radio Telescope?

-- frank | September 10, 2020

Question:

Hello Jeff, I’m doing some research for a book I’m writing.

I’m hoping you can provide some info to keep the book current and based on real facts. Even though it’s a Sci Fi story, I want it to be based on reality from the science end of it.

This part of the story involves searching for an Einstein – Rosen Bridge or “worm hole”. My research so far tells me that, if this did actually exist, it would involve gravitational energy, radiation or waves?

I think that’s the sort of phenomenon that would be searched for by radio astronomy.

I am looking to confirm that to start.
If it is a radio astronomy search – would it be done at LVA Socorro which I think uses centimeter wavelengths or the Santiago location which uses millimeter and sub millimeter wavelengths?

Once the data is collected from the LVA, is it processed on site or sent elsewhere to be studied? What is the location of the place where data is studied?

I’d really appreciate your help with this and if you don’t have answers would you be able to point me in the right direction to contact who does have the answers.

Thanks for your help, it’s greatly appreciated.

Frank

-- frank

Answer:

I am not aware of any predictions for the existence of radio wavelength emission from Worm Holes. One proposed method for determining the possible presence of a Worm Hole uses measurements of the motions of stars in an intense gravitational field. Regarding your question as to where radio interferometer (such as the VLA, Long Wavelength Array (LWA), etc.) data are processed, the measurements are normally transmitted to a location with sufficient computing resources to process the measurements into images. These locations include NRAO facilities like the Array Operations Center in Socorro NM and the University of New Mexico.

-- Jeff Mangum

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