Receiving gravitational waves

Peter R. Saulson

doi:10.1142/9789812700988_0009

Receiving gravitational waves

Peter R. Saulson

Department of Physics

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The quest for successful reception of gravitational waves is a long story, with the ending still to be written. In this article, I trace the story from thought experiment, through increasingly sophisticated design and prototyping stages, to the point where observations of unprecedented sensitivity are now getting under way. In the process, one can see the sort of effort that is required to transform beautiful and simple relativistic ideas into sensitive experiments that actually work.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	100 Years of Relativity
Subtitle of host publication	Space-Time Structure: Einstein and Beyond
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing Co.
Pages	228-256
Number of pages	29
ISBN (Electronic)	9789812700988
ISBN (Print)	9812563946, 9789812563941
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812700988_0009
State	Published - Jan 1 2005

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