Deconstructing crowd noise at college basketball games
Monday, November 5, 2018 - 19:20
in Physics & Chemistry
With thousands of fans clapping, chanting, shouting and jeering, college basketball games can be almost deafeningly loud. Some arenas have decibel meters, which, accurately or not, provide some indication of the noise volume generated by the spectators and the sound systems. However, crowd noise is rarely the focus of scientific inquiry.