Rainer Weiss

Weiss in June 2018 Rainer "Rai" Weiss ( , ; born September 29, 1932) is a German-born American physicist, known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. He is a professor of physics emeritus at MIT and an adjunct professor at LSU. He is best known for inventing the laser interferometric technique which is the basic operation of LIGO. He was Chair of the COBE Science Working Group.

In 2017, Weiss was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Kip Thorne and Barry Barish, "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".

Weiss has helped realize a number of challenging experimental tests of fundamental physics. He is a member of the Fermilab Holometer experiment, which uses a 40m laser interferometer to measure properties of space and time at quantum scale and provide Planck-precision tests of quantum holographic fluctuation. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Epidemiological insights from a large-scale investigation of intestinal helminths in Medieval Europe.
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    A search for astronomical gravitational radiation with an interferometric broad band antenna
    by Dewey, Daniel.
    Published 2019
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    Upper limits for gravitational radiation from some astrophysical sources
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    Quantum limited optical phase detection in a high power suspended interferometer
    by Lantz, Brian Thomas
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    The optical properties of a far infrared radiometer.
    by Wentz, Frank James
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    LIGO photodiode characterization and measurement of the prestabilized laser intensity noise
    by Csatorday, Peter, 1973-
    Published 2014
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    Intensity stabilization of a solid-state laser for interferometric gravitational wave detectors
    by Rollins, Jameson Graef, 1976-
    Published 2005
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    An experimental evaluation of a free-floating superconducting solenoid as a low-level accelerometer
    by Hildum, Edward Ames
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    On measuring the stochastic gravitational radiation background with laser interferometric antennas
    by Christensen, Nelson Lloyd
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    Studies of laser interferometer design and a vibration isolation system for interferometric gravitational wave detectors
    by Giaime, Joseph Anthony
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    Techniques for laser interferometer gravitational wave detectors
    by Fritschel, Peter Kurt
    Published 2013
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    Alignment issues in laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors
    by Mavalvala, Nergis
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    Modelling the performance of interferometric gravitational-wave detectors with realistically imperfect optics
    by Bochner, Brett, 1969-
    Published 2005
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    A study of thermal noise
    by Kovalik, Joseph Michael
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    A Fourier transform spectrometer for millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths
    by Shoemaker, David Hopkins
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    Active wavefront correction in laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors
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    Upper limits for galactic transient sources of gravitational radiation from LIGO first observations
    by Sylvestre, Julien, 1976-
    Published 2006
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    Noise analysis of a suspended high power Michelson interferometer
    by Saha, Partha
    Published 2005
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    Optical detection development for the Hogan quantum holographic noise experiment
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    Sensitivity and noise analysis of 4 km laser interferometric gravitational wave antennae
    by Adhikari, Rana, 1974-
    Published 2006
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