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Meanings of gravitational-wave detector in английском

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детектор гравитационных волн
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A gravitational-wave detector (used in a gravitational-wave observatory) is any device designed to measure tiny distortions of spacetime called gravitational waves.

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        детектор гравитационных волн
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        Just two months later, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory 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-wave Observatory (LIGO).
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        This paper presents an analysis of the transient behavior of the Advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) 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-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in September 2015.
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        Usage of gravitational-wave detector in английском
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        On August 17, 2017 at 12∶41:04 UTC the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors made their first observation of a binary neutron star inspiral.
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