During her 2013 Perimeter Public Lecture at Perimeter Institute, LIGO Scientific Collaboration spokesperson Gabriela Gonzalez explained how LIGO's massive interferometers are fine-tuned to detect the tiny signals made by gravitational waves. Watch the full lecture: http://pirsa.org/displayFlash.php?id=13020119

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