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Advanced LIGO Approval

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2004

Barry Clark Barish2004

Washington · Science / Physics

The National Science Board approves Advanced LIGO, endorsing the major detector redesign intended to provide the sensitivity required for routine astrophysical gravitational-wave observations.

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Barry Clark Barish

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