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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 - Scientific background: The laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory and the first direct observation of gravitational waves

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017

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Scientific background: The laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory and the first direct observation of gravitational waves
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