LIGO - A Gravitational Wave Observatory

Alastair Heptonstall

doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2016.STh4P.4

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (2016) (Optica Publishing Group, 2016),
paper STh4P.4
•https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2016.STh4P.4

LIGO - A Gravitational Wave Observatory

Alastair Heptonstall

CLEO: Science and Innovations 2016

San Jose, California United States
5–10 June 2016
ISBN: 978-1-943580-11-8

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Laser Interfometric Gravitational Wave Detection: Present and Future (STh4P)

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Abstract

On September 14th 2015 the LIGO gravitational wave observatories detected a coincident signal from the merger of two massive black holes 1.3 billion years ago. We explore the work needed to build these interferometers, look at the history behind the discovery, and discuss the future for the new field of gravitational wave astronomy.

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