Precision mirrors poised to improve sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 11:22
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers have developed a new type of deformable mirror that could increase the sensitivity of ground-based gravitational wave detectors such as the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Advanced LIGO measures faint ripples in space time called gravitational waves, which are caused by distant events such as collisions between black holes or neutron stars.