LIGO - What's the Difference?

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LISA will be a great way to look for gravitational waves in a completely different wavelength regime than LIGO's able to do. Both interferometers using lasers, that's why they both have LI in them, so it's basically the same idea. Jacob Jongsma: Would you be surprised if a new physical theory with a similar impact is relativity or quantum mechanics turns up? Barry Stuckey: I'm certainly willing to take while to figure it out.

Welcome to the November 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

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