Gravitational Waves Explained: Einstein's Final Prediction

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Links:
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.03837


Media credits:
Interferometer: LIGO/National Science Foundation
LIGO Livingston: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab
LIGO Hanford: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab
Pendulum: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab/Greg Grabeel
Pendulum: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab
Vacuum: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab
grav_wave_signal Teresita Ramirez / Geoffrey Lovelace / SXS Collaboration / LIGO Virgo Collaboration


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