GW observatory · Operating
GEO600
A German–British gravitational-wave detector near Hannover with 600-metre arms. Smaller than LIGO or Virgo, it works as a technology testbed — pioneering the squeezed-light and other techniques the larger detectors adopt — and observes as part of the international network.
Highlights
- ›The network's technology testbed
Detectors, messengers & sources
Knowledge connections
- Associated withGravitational-Wave Detection
- Associated withLaser Interferometry
- Associated withVirgo
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- LIGO Scientific CollaborationLIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration
Direct detections of gravitational waves from compact-object mergers.