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- How did LIGO detect gravitational waves?
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How Do You Detect a Black Hole? - LIGO and the Measurement of Gravitational Waves
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- 1 - Einstein’s theory on gravitational waves
- 2 - Vicky Kalogera intro
- 3 - What is LIGO?
- 4 - How did LIGO detect gravitational waves?
- 5 - What causes gravitational waves?
- 6 - What was the signal like when the waves were generated?
- 7 - Converting the gravitational wave signal into sound
- 8 - Calculating and simulating gravitational waves
- 9 - Detecting neutron star collisions
- 10 - What did we learn from the neutron star collision discovery?
- 11 - How are these discoveries testing Einstein’s theory of general relativity?
