Rip Definition and 200 Threads

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/neil-peart-rush-drummer-dead I first saw anything Rush in an 8th grade Jazz Band practice in 1989 (I played trumpet), when my instructor put on a video of a solo similar to this and I was just blown away. I'd never seen anything else like it and still...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/science/1216872/universe-discovery-end-of-the-universe-finite-big-bang-theory-cosmos / amp

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ginger-baker-paul-mccartney-flea-jack-bruces-family-tribute-895418/

I'm surprised no one has posted this already, considering that we are usually quick to announce the passing of major figures in science. Or maybe I missed it somewhere in this forum. J. Robert Schrieffer, the "S" in BCS theory of superconductivity, has passed away this past July at the age of...

Is the likelihood (or unlikelihood) of a Big Rip changed by the new findings of faster universe expansion (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190425104128.htm). In https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/will-the-big-rip-basically-be-the-big-bang-for-the-next-universe.971039/, phinds...

I was reading that the Big Rip will cause the whole universe to go singular, which sounds to me like another Big Bang. I was reading up on the Big Rip at Wikipedia, where it says that the observable universe is getting smaller, which makes no sense since the universe is expanding. :oldconfused:

According to the Big rip theory if Black holes tear apart after a very long time, then according to the theory of relativity an object that reaches the event horizon should see time passing infinitelty and by the time the object was swallowed wouldn't the black hole not exist anymore because of...

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/15/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-of-cancer-at-age-65.html http://www.vulcan.com/News/Articles/2018/Statement-on-Paul-G-Allen According to the timeline on the Vulcan page: 1982: In September, Paul is diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Nearly eight months...

This is someone you may never have heard of, but in the field of condensed matter physics, he is a GIANT. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/obituaries/david-pines-93-insightful-and-influential-physicist-dies.html He could have won the Nobel Prize for the theory of superconductivity, but...

He passed away on Pi day 3/14. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396008

I noticed this today: Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Taylor dies at 88 RIP

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bruce-mccandless-iconic-spacewalker-dies/ar-BBHamOP https://www.nasa.gov/astronautprofiles/mccandless http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42465059 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/obituaries/bruce-mccandless-dead-astronaut.html

If space time (the universe) is infinitely expanding what happens when it rips? Have we observed Virtual particles in an area and counted them? Does the expansion of space time affect the amount of Virtual particles in a particular area? Is it theoretically possible to expand space time to a...

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-rock-iconoclast-who-led-the-heartbreakers-dead-at-66-w506651 He did some amazing songs. Don't Come Around Here No More (1985) Free Fallin' (1989) Don't Come Around Here No More (Live, 2006)

Walter Becker of Steely Dan passed away today. http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/walter-becker-steely-dan-guitarist-dies-at-67/ar-AArb7UR Tickets for their concert in Buffalo NY recently went on sale , although I didn't get them due to being at work, I seriously thought about purchasing...

Dick Gregory, 84, Dies; Found Humor in the Civil Rights Struggle http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dick-gregory-84-dies-found-humor-in-the-civil-rights-struggle/ar-AAqnhgc I appreciated his comedy and his activism.

R.I.P. Jerry!

I am very shocked to hear that lead singer of Linkin Park had commited suicide on Thursday. I used to listen to them a lot back when they released their third album, Minutes to Midnight, in 2006-07. They are one of my most favorite bands and Chester in my opinion was a very versatile singer. I...

Cancer has taken a great from us once again! http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40617094

Cecile DeWitt-Morette died on May 8, 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9cile_DeWitt-Morette https://cns.utexas.edu/news/ut-austin-mourns-death-of-groundbreaking-physicist-cecile-dewitt-morette On a personal note, as coauthor the text "Analysis, Manifolds and Physics"...

Love him or hate him, his writings made one think.

I just saw this on my personal Twitter feed, as well as the following BBC article. I greatly enjoyed Roger Moore both in old episodes of The Saint, as well as his turn as 007. My condolences to his friends & family. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40018422

Soundgarden was one of my favorite bands growing up. Grudge rock legend! http://variety.com/2017/music/news/soundgarden-chris-cornell-death-possible-suicide-1202433515/

Nobel laureate Alexei Abrikosov, a condensed matter theorist, passed away yesterday. I have no additional information at this time.

In the big rip scenario, many of the documentaries and explanations have always said that galaxies would dissipate first. Why is that? wouldn't everything go at once? or is it because galaxies require the most amount of gravity to keep it together

The oldest human-edited directory of web sites, http://www.dmoz.org, is closing on March 14. It started in 1998 as an alternative to Yahoo, which at that time was a human-edited directory that many people thought was too hard to get listed in. Even after Google and other automated search engines...

If the universe were to end with the Big Rip scenario, Would the milky way still exist up until the Big Rip? If so, how long would it take for the Milky Way, Earth and Humans to be ripped apart? (eg. How long from when we start feeling something to all atoms being separate) Would humans survive...

http://news.mit.edu/2017/institute-professor-emerita-mildred-dresselhaus-dies-86-0221 http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2017/feb/22/flash-physics-queen-of-carbon-dies-lhcb-spots-rare-b-meson-decay-antineutrino-detector-is-portable I met her briefly when she visited our university a few...

She was best known for her roles in the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), in which she starred as Mary Richards (starring with Valerie Harper, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight and Cloris Leachman), a thirtyish single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and...

I was a big fan of the Allman Brothers especially back in the '70s.

HOUSTON (AP) -- Former astronaut Gene Cernan, who as the last person to walk on the moon returned to Earth with a message of "peace and hope for all mankind," died on Monday, his family said. He was 82. https://www.yahoo.com/news/gene-cernan-last-astronaut-moon-205711702.html On Dec. 11, 1972...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to End Its 146-Year Run (NY Times) Ringling Bros. closing ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ after 146 years (NY Post) The last performance will be at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island NY, on May 21. Many years ago (20 or so?) I saw their train passing through...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/movies/debbie-reynolds-dead.html Debbie Reynolds, the wholesome ingénue in 1950s films like “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Tammy and the Bachelor,” died Wednesday, a day after the death of her daughter, the actress Carrie Fisher. She was 84.

Carrie Fisher, Child of Hollywood and ‘Star Wars’ Royalty, Dies at 60 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/movies/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia.html?_r=0

Another strong candidate that should have been awarded the Nobel Prize has left us. https://www.yahoo.com/news/pioneering-astronomer-vera-rubin-dies-88-203822566.html Rubin, like Deborah Jin before her, were the two strong candidates for the Nobel Prize in physics, thus ending the very long...

at the age of 53. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38432862 http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/87949941/george-michael-has-died--report I am absolutely stunned. :( I enjoy his song 'Father Figure'.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38351903 Only last May he had the opportunity to perform the eponymous maneuver himself: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36400365

Todays UK newspaper have obituaries for Hans Peter Jost the father of Tribology (study of friction). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/06/15/peter-jost-mechanical-engineer--obituary/

It is with great sadness that the woman who I thought would eventually win the Nobel Prize in Physics, Deborah Jin, has passed away this past Sept. 15, after a battle with cancer. https://jila.colorado.edu/news/deborah-jin-dies-47 This one will truly hurt. She was in the prime of her life and...

Gene Wilder (1933 – 2016) He was one of my favorite comic actors because of his timing, performances and the number of quite unusual and hilarious characters he played. He gave me many, many good laughs in movies, particularly Start The Revolution Without Me, The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes'...

My inspiration for becoming a brain scientist has passed on so I thought I should provide a brief eulogy for him here at PF. It actually happened a few weeks ago but I didn't want to compete with Marcus's passing, which was equally sad. Walter was supposed to have a "Festschrift" or...

Bulk viscosity is a factor now claimed to support the big rip scenario. Its nearly a year old, but an intriguing story nonetheless, as detailed in the guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jul/02/not-with-a-bang-but-with-a-big-rip-how-the-world-will-end and for any with access...

Hi everyone. I'm not sure if anyone from here on PF is familiar with Sir David Mackay, but he was a physicist and mathematician known for his contributions in information theory and machine learning, as well as serving as Chief Scientific Advisor of the Department of Energy and Climate Change in...

If so, what causes it to rip? Does it "heal"? What would a rip look like to us? What is the tension threshold at which spacetime rips? What are the units of this "tension"?

Challenger Engineer Who Warned Of Shuttle Disaster Dies http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/21/470870426/challenger-engineer-who-warned-of-shuttle-disaster-dies Thanks, Bob, you did right!

One of his most notable creations was the War Room in Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. He also did sets for the 1960s James Bond movies. Washington Post Berlin Film Journal

Novelist Pat Conroy, who announced last month that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer, has died, according to a statement from his publisher. Conroy was 70. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/05/469283568/best-selling-author-pat-conroy-dies-at-70 He wrote 'Prince of Tides' and...

Eagle's Guitarist dies at 67 https://www.yahoo.com/music/glenn-frey-eagles-guitarist-dies-67-220810564.html Peace be upon him and his family, friends and colleagues. Some folks are leaving us at too young an age.

Sad news: Alan Rickman, a highly respected character actor, probably best known for playing villain Hans Gruber in the first Die Hard film and for playing Severus Snapes in the Harry Potter films, have just died today at the age of 69 of cancer. RIP...