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Get to Know GW230529
April 5, 2024
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GW230529 fact sheet
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Filling the Mass Gap: GW230529
April 5, 2024
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Compact binary merger GW230529 resides in the Mass Gap
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Squeezer Detail
October 23, 2023

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Squeezer Detail
October 23, 2023

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Filter Cavity Vacuum Tube
October 23, 2023

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August 13, 2019
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LIGO Vacuum System Controls
October 19, 2016
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Illustration of the first gravitati...
February 11, 2016
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Illustration of the first gravitational wave event observed by LIGO
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GW230529 Merger (matter and waves)
April 5, 2024
LIGO Lab • Education Video
The animation shows the coalescence and merger of a lower mass-gap black hole (dark grey surface) with a neutron star with colors ranging from dark orange (1 million tons per cubic centimeter) to white (600 million tons per cubic centimeter). The anima...
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GW230529 Merger (matter only)
April 5, 2024
LIGO Lab • Education Video
The visualization shows the coalescence and merger of a lower mass-gap black hole (dark gray surface) with a neutron star with colors ranging from dark orange (1 million tons per cubic centimeter) to white (600 million tons per cubic centimeter). The g...
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LIGO Quantum Squeezing Animation
October 23, 2023
Education Video
Animation showing how LIGO uses quantum squeezing to see more cosmic collisions
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