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    Gravitational waves were first predicted by Einstein over 100 years ago and their existence was indirectly confirmed by observations of orbital decay in binary pulsars. In 2015, the LIGO experiment directly detected gravitational waves for the first time by measuring tiny distortions in spacetime caused by merging black holes over 1 billion light years away. Future gravitational wave observatories aim to detect signals from cosmic events like supernovae and measure the cosmic gravitational wave background to gain new insights into the early universe.

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    Gravitational waves were first predicted by Einstein over 100 years ago and their existence was indirectly confirmed by observations of orbital decay in binary pulsars. In 2015, the LIGO experiment directly detected gravitational waves for the first time by measuring tiny distortions in spacetime caused by merging black holes over 1 billion light years away. Future gravitational wave observatories aim to detect signals from cosmic events like supernovae and measure the cosmic gravitational wave background to gain new insights into the early universe.

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    Gravitational waves were first predicted by Einstein over 100 years ago and their existence was indirectly confirmed by observations of orbital decay in binary pulsars. In 2015, the LIGO experiment directly detected gravitational waves for the first time by measuring tiny distortions in spacetime caused by merging black holes over 1 billion light years away. Future gravitational wave observatories aim to detect signals from cosmic events like supernovae and measure the cosmic gravitational wave background to gain new insights into the early universe.

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    Gravitational Waves

    Their history and recent


    discovery

    What is the required sensitivity of 10exp-19 ?

    Width of
    human hair

    200 times the orbit of


    Pluto

    Joseph Weber and his


    detector

    What is a
    pulsar?

    Hulse-Taylor Binary Pulsar Orbital


    Decay

    LIGO Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave


    Observatory

    42kg mirror suspended by 2 fused silica glass wires at


    VIRGO

    Typical fringes (areas of dark and light patches) seen in an


    interferometer

    The end phases of the merging of two black


    holes

    Future of gravitational wave


    observatories

    Gamma ray bursts

    Cosmic gravitational
    wave background
    radiation

    supernova
    e

    Future
    detectors

    KAGRA detector Japan

    Einstein 3rd gen detector Europe

    eLISA - space based


    detector

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