Next Success for LIGO / Virgo

16 October 2017

Groundbreaking success for LIGO/Virgo and the field of gravitational wave astronomy:

For the first time it was possible to witness gravitational waves of the event when two neutron stars merged, simultaneously with a gamma-ray burst recorded by the Fermi satellite. Through quick localisation of the source more than 70 observatories were able to conduct studies of electromagnetic signals (Kilo nova) and gain a plethora of new information.

Link to the paper

Latest articles

01.07.2020|ILP Schnabel

Quantum correlations between light and the kilogram-mass mirrors of LIGO

Our observations at the GW observatory LIGO show that the quantum uncertainty of intense laser light affects the quantum uncertainty of 40 kg mirrors, resulting in correlated quantum uncertainties.

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10.02.2020|ILP Schnabel

Entanglement might reduce costs of GW observatories

Quantum noise is a limiting issue in high-precision measurements of gravitational waves. Recently, we performed a proof-of-principle experiment about the sensitivity enhancement of gravitational-wave observatories via quantum entanglement of laser light. Our results were published in Nature...