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March 10, 2025

The quantum limit of gravitational-wave detection

Department of Physics & Astronomy

Victoria Xu
UC Berkeley

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Prof. Victoria Xu from UC Berkeley will share how the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) uses subtle tricks in quantum squeezing to expand our new gravitational-wave window into the Universe.