Rainer Weiss (Q2128461)

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American physicist
  • Rainer "Rai" Weiss
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    Rainer Weiss
    American physicist
    • Rainer "Rai" Weiss

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    for the first direct detection of gravitational waves, confirming a central prediction of Einstein’s General Relativity and opening a new window to the Universe. Also for identifying the source as a merger of two giant black holes, and for the unprecedented technological achievement represented by this laser interferometer experiment. (English)
    för avgörande bidrag till LIGO-detektorn och observationen av gravitationsvågor (Swedish)
    for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves (English)
    for conceiving and designing the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), whose recent direct detection of gravitational waves opens a new window in astronomy, with the first remarkable discovery being the merger of a pair of stellar mass black holes. (English)
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    "for the development of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) that made possible the detection of gravitational waves." (English)
    Rainer Weiss
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