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> that very scale and effort seems to be problematic when it comes to reproducing the results of experiments First of all, LIGO is 2 observatories so every res
by ncallaway 6y ago
> that very scale and effort seems to be problematic when it comes to reproducing the results of experiments
First of all, LIGO is 2 observatories so every result out of LIGO was observed by at least two locations.
There is also an independent project called Virgo which is making gravitational wave observations, and the results are being correlated with LIGO. They have made a number of overlapping observations, which further moves us towards reproducibility.
Future observatories are also planned (like LISA), which will be another opportunity to further validate events.
- Strilanc 6y agoAdditionally, one of the gravitational wave observations was corroborated by immediate follow-up observations with normal telescopes [1]. [1]: https://www.as.arizona.edu/discovery-optical-counterpart-gravitational-wave-event https://www.as.arizona.edu/discovery-optical-counterpart-gra...