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Inspiral Signal
Installing and Running Java in the Browser
GW 150914 Detection Portal
LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves
GW151226 Detection Portal
Sounds of Spacetime
The Basic Idea
HW for Section 3
Simple Model of LIGO Interferometer
Michelson Interferometer
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Sources of Noise
HW for Section 4
Gravity Spy
I2U2 E-lab on LIGO Seismic Noise
Cavity Optomechanics
Quantum Noise Limit in Gravitational Wave Detector
Pendulum Video
Signal Extraction
LIGO Open Science Center
LOSC Starter Guide
Last Homework Problem for Section 5
Saulson, P.R. 1997, Am. J. Phys., 65, 501
Abbott,B., &et al. 2009, Rep. Prog. Phys., 72, 25
Abbott et al. 2016b. PhysRevL, 116, 061102
Abbott et al 2016a
Einstein, A. 1916, Sitzungsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1, 688
Einstein,A. 1918, Sitzungsber. Preuss Akad,Wiss., 154
Collaboration 2015, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 32, 704001
Taylor, J.H., & Weisberg, J. M. 1982, ApJ, 253, 908
LSCollaboration 2016
Geometry and Gravity of Weak Fields
Mathematical Supplement for Weak Fields
Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Waves
Gravitational Waves Explained in a Minute
Einstein@Home
Other Resources, Explanations, Figures, and Math for Gravitational Waves
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LIGO: DGW
General
1) Introduction and Background
2) Direct Observations
3) LIGO: The Basic Idea
4) Sources of Noise
5) Signal Extraction
6) Final Reflection
7) Conclusion
8) References
9) Materials from 2015 LIGO Course
10) Other Fun Resources
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