79: LIGO’s high quality (factor) fibers with Dr. Robertson
- Author
- Carrie Nugent
- Published
- Sun 08 Jan 2017
- Episode Link
- https://spacepod.libsyn.com/79-ligos-high-quality-factor-fibers-with-dr-robertson
Dr. Norna Robertson shares a drink from her home country and talks about a specific part of LIGO. She explains that LIGO’s eighty-pound mirrors are suspended by four, incredibly thin, silica fibers that were developed just for this project.
