Rainer Weiss

Affiliations: 
1964- Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States 
Area:
Experimental Atomic Physics, Atomic Clocks, Laser Physics,Experimental Gravitation, Millimeter and Sub - millimeter, Astronomy, Cosmic Background Measurements,
Website:
http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/weiss_rainer.html
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https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2017/weiss/biographical/
http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/49279.html
https://history.aip.org/phn/11603006.html
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechOH:OH_Weiss_R
https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/rainer-weiss/
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.

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Parents

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John G. King grad student 1962 MIT (Physics Tree)
Jerrold R. Zacharias grad student 1962 MIT (Physics Tree)
 (Stark effect and hyperfine structure of hydrogen fluoride)
Robert H. Dicke post-doc Princeton (Physics Tree)

Children

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Robert Paul Bennett research assistant MIT (Physics Tree)
Gary A. Mamon research assistant 1978-1979 MIT (Physics Tree)
Giordon H Stark research assistant 2011-2011 MIT (Physics Tree)
Mark Halpern grad student 1983 MIT (Physics Tree)
Peter Kurt Fritschel grad student 1992 MIT (Physics Tree)
Joseph Anthony Giaime grad student 1995 MIT (Physics Tree)
Nelson L Christensen grad student 1990-1995 MIT (Physics Tree)
Nergis Mavalvala grad student 1997 MIT (Physics Tree)
Rana Adhikari grad student 2004 MIT (Physics Tree)
Keisuke Goda post-doc (E-Tree)
Stephan S. Meyer post-doc 1979-1984 MIT (Physics Tree)
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Richardson JW, Kwon O, Gustafson HR, et al. (2021) Interferometric Constraints on Spacelike Coherent Rotational Fluctuations. Physical Review Letters. 126: 241301
Brooks AF, Vajente G, Yamamoto H, et al. (2021) Point absorbers in Advanced LIGO. Applied Optics. 60: 4047-4063
Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abraham S, et al. (2020) GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150  M_{⊙}. Physical Review Letters. 125: 101102
Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abraham S, et al. (2020) Properties and Astrophysical Implications of the 150 M ⊙ Binary Black Hole Merger GW190521 The Astrophysical Journal. 900
Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abraham S, et al. (2020) GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Solar Mass Black Hole with a 2.6 Solar Mass Compact Object The Astrophysical Journal. 896: 1-20
Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, et al. (2020) GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass ∼ 3.4 M ⊙ The Astrophysical Journal. 892: L3
Monitor FGB, Hamburg R, Fletcher C, et al. (2020) A joint Fermi-GBM and LIGO/Virgo analysis of compact binary mergers from the first and second gravitational-wave observing runs The Astrophysical Journal. 893: 100
Buikema A, Cahillane C, Mansell G, et al. (2020) Sensitivity and performance of the Advanced LIGO detectors in the third observing run Physical Review D. 102
Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abraham S, et al. (2020) GW190412: Observation of a Binary-Black-Hole Coalescence with Asymmetric Masses Physical Review D. 102: 4301501-4301529
Adhikari RX, Arai K, Brooks AF, et al. (2020) A cryogenic silicon interferometer for gravitational-wave detection Classical and Quantum Gravity. 37: 165003
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