Barry Clark Barish1999
LIGO is formally inaugurated after completion of its major facilities, providing two widely separated observatories designed to identify genuine gravitational-wave signals by coincidence.
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LIGO is formally inaugurated after completion of its major facilities, providing two widely separated observatories designed to identify genuine gravitational-wave signals by coincidence.
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