79: LIGO's high quality (factor) fibers with Dr. Robertson

EPISODE · Jan 8, 2017 · 18 MIN

79: LIGO's high quality (factor) fibers with Dr. Robertson

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Dr. Norna Robertson shares a drink from her home country and talks about a specific part of LIGO. She explains that LIGO's eighty-pound mirrors are suspended by four, incredibly thin, silica fibers that were developed just for this project.

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