LIGO Hanford, WA Detector
The LIGO detector in Hanford, WA. Both arms measure 2.5 miles in distance and contain a laser beam that travels back and forth via reflection 400 times along both arm before merging and being sent to the photodetector.
Publication: 100 Years Later, Gravitational Waves Detected
- Author:
- Scott MacNeill
- Entry Date:
- Feb 18, 2016
- Published Under:
- Scott MacNeill's Columns