The Search for Gravitational Waves - Jan's Influence in the Field
Abstract
For many years physicists have been facing up to the exacting experimental challenge of searching for gravitational waves. Predicted by General Relativity to be produced by the acceleration of mass, but considered by early relativists to be transformable away at the speed of thought, gravitational waves have remained an enigma since 1917. Jan Hall to the present has not become a formal member of any of the gravitational wave projects worldwide and yet without his unflagging enthusiasm, his experimental ability and his enthusiasm at helping younger researchers in the field, it is unlikely that the present generation of long baseline detectors such as LIGO, VIRGO, GEO 600 and TAMA 300 could have come about.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the John Hall Symposium: In Honor of John Hall on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday. Edited by BERGQUIST JAMES C ET AL. Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd
- Pub Date:
- 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9789812773845_0006
- Bibcode:
- 2006joha.symp...28H