Interferometric gravitational wave detector

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An interferometric gravitational wave detector is a gravitational wave detector that uses laser interferometry to detect the influence of gravitational waves on light that is moving back and forth between test masses.

Locations

Interferometric gravitational wave detectors include

GEO600 near Sarstedt, Germany,

LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) in the United States, in Hanford, Washington, laser beam arms totalling 5 miles, and a 2.5 x 2.5 mile facility in Livingston, Louisiana, 30 miles east of Baton Rouge.

Virgo interferometer, near Pisa, Italy.

References

Interferometric gravitational wave detector Wikipedia

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