This month was very great for me as I heard from many great colleges, and that I got into my dream school - Berkeley! I spent considerable time looking at the physics facilities that they offered.
One of the most famous facilities that I mentioned throughout my lessons as well as planned for my final presentation, is LIGO. I researched the following information of this detector.
One of the most sensitive detectors in human history is NSF's Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Located in two separate facilities nearly a continent apart, the LIGO interferometers can detect vibrations far smaller than an attometer (1,000,000,000,000,000,000th of a meter). More than 900 scientists, engineers and others support the effort — some having been involved for more than twenty years — all contributing to a single goal: detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted by Albert Einstein that have yet to be directly detected.
One of the most famous facilities that I mentioned throughout my lessons as well as planned for my final presentation, is LIGO. I researched the following information of this detector.
A very helpful video that explains this visually is below.
http://www.space.com/28496-gravitational-wave-detector-ama.html
http://www.space.com/28496-gravitational-wave-detector-ama.html
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