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Bhns_gw200115
Image from a simulation consistent ...
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation
Image from a simulation consistent with GW200115 GW signal
General_nsbh_merger
A simulation of a NSBH merger
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation
A simulation of a NSBH merger
Gw200105_gravitational_waves
A simulation of an NSBH binary merg...
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation
A simulation of an NSBH binary merger consistent with GW200105
Bhns_tidal_disruption
Image of BHNS simulation with tidal...
June 29, 2021
LIGO Lab • Simulation
Image of BHNS simulation with tidal disruption
Maya-nr-simulation-merger-poster-1
Still from a numerical relativity s...
September 2, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation
Still from a numerical relativity simulation for GW190521
Panorama_frame.000000_watermarked
Visualization of GW190521
September 2, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation
Mergeralternativecolor_frame_watermarked
Visualization of GW190814
June 23, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation
A still image from a visualization of the GW190814 event based on a simulation by the SXS collaboration.
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Visualization of GW190814
June 23, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation
A still image from a visualization of the GW190814 event based on a simulation by the SXS collaboration.
Panoramanotail_frame.000017_watermarked
Simulation of a black hole merger w...
April 20, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation
A still from a simulation of a black hole merger with asymmetric masses and orbital precession, consistent with GW190412.
Faceonmerger_frame_watermarked
Simluation of a black hole merger w...
April 20, 2020
LIGO Lab • Simulation
A still from a simulation of a black hole merger with asymmetric masses and orbital precession, consistent with GW190412.
S190426c
S190426c Sky Map
May 2, 2019
LIGO Lab • Simulation
The S190426c candidate sky map
S190425z
S190425z Sky Map
May 2, 2019
Simulation
The S190425z candidate sky map
Gravwave
Two black holes merging
February 11, 2016
LIGO Lab • Simulation
An illustration of two black holes merging.
Ligo20160211d
Two Black Holes Merge into One
February 11, 2016
LIGO Lab • Simulation
The collision of two black holes holes—a tremendously powerful event detected for the first time ever by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO—is seen in this still from a computer simulation. This simulation s...
Quad-susp-tm
LIGO quadruple suspension
December 2, 2009
LIGO Lab • Simulation
An engineering drawing of the lower portion of an aLIGO quadruple suspension
 
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