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The resolution of the detector is 1/1000th the width of a proton. The signal they see is much bigger: the length of 4km long arms stretch and then shrink about
by asmithmd1 9y ago
The resolution of the detector is 1/1000th the width of a proton. The signal they see is much bigger: the length of 4km long arms stretch and then shrink about 1/10 the width of a proton. How do they know it is really space/time changing and not an earthquake? They have two detectors over 1000 miles apart from each other:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO#/media/File:Simplified_diagram_of_an_Advanced_LIGO_detector.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO#/media/File:Simplified_di...
- dwaltrip 9y agoAh that's right, I was going off of memory. Thanks!