Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Stan Whitcomb, former Chief Scientist of The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) describes, who was involved in nearly every phase of the effort to build LIGO—concept development, prototype sensitivity demonstration, detector design and installation, commissioning, data analysis, and management, the technology behind LIGO, as well as the challenges caused by various noise sources.
Stan Whitcomb, former Chief Scientist of The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) describes, who was involved in nearly every phase of the effort to build LIGO—concept development, prototype sensitivity demonstration, detector design and installation, commissioning, data analysis, and management, the technology behind LIGO, as well as the challenges caused by various noise sources.
