Nobel Prize

LIGO is no ordinary telescope for detecting light and other electromagnetic radiation from space. It is an instrument for listening to space’s gravitational waves; even if gravitational waves are tremors in spacetime itself, and not sound waves, their frequency is equivalent to those we can hear with our human ears.

Artist: Richard Vakil Calligrapher: Marie A. Györi, monogram: Marianne Pettersson Soold Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom

Artist: Richard Vakil Calligrapher: Marie A. Györi, monogram: Marianne Pettersson Soold Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom

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LIGO and Gravitational Waves II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yanao9UvpGc Barry C. Barish delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2017 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Nils Mårtensson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics. Pdf 6 MB

LIGO and Gravitational Waves III Kip S. Thorne delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2017 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Nils Mårtensson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics. Pdf 9 MB

Swedish 3 oktober 2017 har beslutat utdela Nobelpriset i fysik 2017 med ena hälften till Rainer Weiss LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration och med andra hälften gemensamt till Barry C. Barish LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration och Kip S. Thorne LIGO/VIRGO Collaboration “för avgörande bidrag till LIGO-detektorn och observationen av gravitationsvågor”   Gravitationsvågorna äntligen fångade Den 14 september 2015 observerades för…

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Artist: Richard Vakil Calligrapher: Marie A. Györi, monogram: Marianne Pettersson Soold Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom

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