Gravitational Waves
Weber begins building resonant bar detectors to search directly for gravitational waves
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Joseph Weber Biography and Timeline
Follow Joseph Weber through 4 dated historical records for United States of America.
Joseph Weber, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1960–1969Years on this page
1960
1967
Resonant Detector Review
Weber publishes results from two years of resonant-detector operation, reporting that possible gravitational signals could not yet be excluded by the available measurements.
1968
Pulsar Gravitational Radiation
Weber estimates gravitational radiation from newly discovered pulsars and considers whether resonant detectors might reach the sensitivity required to observe signals at pulsar frequencies.
1969
Claimed Gravitational Radiation Detection
Weber reports coincident excitations in separated resonant-bar detectors as evidence for gravitational radiation, a claim that stimulates extensive attempts at independent experimental verification.
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