MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2016



Tour: Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) Lab

Dr. Adam Libson, Postdoctoral Associate

Jan/12 Tue 02:30PM-04:00PM tour departs 37-252

Enrollment: Max 10 people, advance sign-up required starting at 1:55 pm in 37-252
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 10 participants
Prereq: MUST ATTEND TWO TALKS PRECEDING TOUR

Visitors will be taken on a tour of the LIGO prototyping facilities at MIT. These include a full-scale prototype of the LIGO vacuum chambers, laser, isolation and suspension systems, and laboratories for thermal and optical noise measurements.

Max 10 people, advance sign-up required starting at 1:05 pm in 37-252

Prerequisites: Attendance of talks preceding the tour

Please see all IAP offerings by MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research

Sponsor(s): Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research
Contact: Debbie Meinbresse, 37-241, 617 253-1456, MEINBRES@MIT.EDU