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LIGO

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

2Records
1997–1998Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1997

Rainer Weiss1997

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Science / Physics

Weiss helps shape the laser interferometer design that becomes central to LIGO

1998

Barry Clark Barish1998

California Institute of Technology · Science / Physics

Barish directs LIGO construction and organisation during its transformation into a major observatory

Names involved

Barry Clark BarishRainer Weiss

Provenance

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