Sunday, August 31, 2014

Detectors LISA and LIGO

At my mentorship, we try to simulate binary black hole collisions. When these binary black hole systems spiral around each other, (theoretically) gravitational waves are produced. Because science has yet to produce solid evidence on the existence of these waves, different forms of detectors have been planned to find them. LIGO is an example of an interferometer that already exists in the United States, but to yield more precise results, interferometers are being planned in space. LISA is one such space-detector to be created in the near future. At my mentorship, I was trying to comprehend what LISA would do and found this awesome video. It is an accurate representation of what LISA would be. LISA’s creation would indeed be a great asset for physics!


Here is a picture of LIGO (existing):



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