Cosmic Microwave Background1976
Weiss helps propose a satellite mission concept to measure the cosmic microwave background precisely
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Rainer Weiss Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Rainer Weiss, based on 6 World History Database records associated with United States of America.
6 records1976–20196 events3 places
Chronological biography
1976
1997
LIGO1997
Weiss helps shape the laser interferometer design that becomes central to LIGO
2015
Gravitational Waves14 September 2015
Weiss sees the interferometer concept vindicated when LIGO detects gravitational waves from merging black holes
2017
Nobel PrizeOctober 2017
Weiss receives the Nobel Prize for decisive contributions to LIGO and gravitational wave observation
Nobel Prize for LIGO3 October 2017
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions to LIGO and the observation of gravitational waves, first detected from a binary black hole merger.
2019
LIGO Observation Run1 April 2019
LIGO and Virgo begin the O3 observing run for gravitational waves.
Titles and roles
Physicist
Record provenance
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