LIGO Detector
Published on Nov 30, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
LIGO DETECTOR
LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY
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What does it do?
Dedicated to detection of cosmic gravitational waves and measurement.
Gravitational waves: ripples in the fabric of space and time produced by violent events in the distant universe.
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Example would be:
Collision of two black holes.
OR
shock waves from the core of supernova explosions.
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FACTS
- 21st century technology advanced enough to examin
- Not measured directly
- Much confidence that waves exist
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WHAT CAN THEY TEST
- Verify that gravitational waves exist
- They travel the speed of light, and have zero rest mass
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