Gravitational wave detector

Gravitational wave detector

A gravitational wave detector is any experiment designed to measure gravitational waves, minute distortions of spacetime that are predicted by Einsteins theory of general relativity.

pecific gravitational wave detectors

*CLIO
*GEO 600
*LCGT
*LIGO
*LISA
*MiniGrail
*TAMA 300
*VIRGO


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