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The Ligo interferomoters are very sensitive to vibrations. I remember hearing on the tour they said they could detect waves lapping on the coast a few hundred m
by s0rce 6y ago
The Ligo interferomoters are very sensitive to vibrations. I remember hearing on the tour they said they could detect waves lapping on the coast a few hundred miles away.
- dekhn 6y agoYes, it's a holy temple of science. It's pretty much on a straight path from the michelson experiment.
- selecsosi 6y agoMy buddy in college was working on reducing thermal noise in the suspension of the mirrors by growing a single crystal suspension string as the thermal vibrations in a metallic wire were enough to throw the experiment completely out of wack (they went on to use different approaches but the story was alway fun as he had to fly with a giant briefcase to transport them to LIGO)
- dekhn 6y agohuh. many days I feel like I went into the wrong fields (biophysics and then CS). growing and installing single crystal suspension springs sounds awesome. (of course I'm sure 90% is miserable)