LIGO and the detection of gravitational waves

Citation
Bc. Barish et R. Weiss, LIGO and the detection of gravitational waves, PHYS TODAY, 52(10), 1999, pp. 44-50
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS TODAY
ISSN journal
00319228 → ACNP
Volume
52
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
44 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9228(199910)52:10<44:LATDOG>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Large detectors on opposite sides of the country are about to start monitor ing the cosmos for the gravitational waves that general relativity tells us should be emanating from catastrophic astrophysical events.