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Laser Interferometer Proposal

Russia · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1962

Mikhail Gertsenshtein1962

Moscow · Science / Physics

Gertsenshtein and Vladislav Pustovoit outline the use of laser interferometry to detect tiny gravitational-wave changes in the separation of freely suspended test masses.

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Mikhail Gertsenshtein

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