• DocumentCode
    2863692
  • Title

    LIGO: The laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory

  • Author

    Willems, Phil

  • Author_Institution
    LIGO Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    LIGO is a trio of extremely sensitive Michelson interferometers built to detect gravitational waves from space. We describe predicted sources of gravitational waves, our detectors, and the results of our recent observations.
  • Keywords
    Michelson interferometers; gravitational wave detectors; gravitational waves; LIGO; Michelson interferometers; laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory; Arm; Councils; Detectors; Frequency; Mirrors; Neutrons; Observatories; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627769
  • Filename
    4627769
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2863692