Measurement of the mechanical loss of test mass materials for advanced gravitational wave detectors
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity (1916) predicted the existence of gravitational waves. These waves can be considered as fluctuations, or ripples, in the curvature of space-time. Until now there has been only indirect evidence, produced by Hulse and Taylor, of their existence. However, f...
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University of Glasgow
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495150 |