x ray studies could help make ligo gravitational wave detector 10 times more sensitive /

Published at 2016-07-20 15:26:22

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Scientists from Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are using powerful X-rays to study tall-performance mirror coatings that could help earn the LIGO gravitational wave observatory 10 times more sensitive to cosmic events that ripple space-time.

Source: phys.org