A gravitational-wave detector (used in a gravitational-wave observatory) is any device designed to measure tiny distortions of spacetime called gravitational waves.
Just two months later, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-WaveObservatory detected a second wave.
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We use such wire for suspending many of the optics in Advanced LIGO, the upgrade to LIGO-theLaser Interferometric Gravitational-WaveObservatory.
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Here we confirm experimentally the theoretical prediction5 that this type of quantum correlation is naturally produced in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-waveObservatory (LIGO).
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This paper presents an analysis of the transient behavior of the Advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-waveObservatory) suspensions used to seismically isolate the optics.
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So it was a genuine surprise when the first gravitational waves thrummed through detectors at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-WaveObservatory (LIGO) in September 2015.
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If future spaceborne gravitational-waveobservatories can detect this remnant signal, it will bring us closer than ever to understanding what happened at "time equals zero".