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A Siksikgeguwan's Experience With Gravity Wave

Observations And The Importance Of Education

Corey GrayLIGO Hanford Observatory

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FAMILY

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Educational & Career Path

K-12 in southern California Siksika Nation post secondary student at Humboldt

State University (northern Calif.)» B.S. Physics and Applied Mathematics» Several summer internships (Washington D.C., UCSF, Stanford)---very important!

First job with the LIGO Hanford Observatory

Trinidad beach near HSU

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Naked-Eye Astronomy

Winter count:“1835: year stars fell” Leonid Shower

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1) Three of the Biggest Interferometers (one 2km and two 4km)

LIGO Facilities

LIGO (Washington) LIGO (Louisiana)2km & 4km ifos 4km ifo

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Seismic Isolation System(cont.)

•Seismic noise over ~40Hz attenuated

•Supports all internal components

Note: Installation required high cleanliness to prevent possibility of contaminating optics and outgassing.

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Specialized And Custom Optics (cont.)

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Extra Pictures

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Extra Pictures

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My Role With LIGO

MIT 2001

Talk at White Swan High School (11/01)

LHO Control Room

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Excitement at LIGO

Mag 6.8on 2/28/01

Hanford Patrol

June 2000150 sq mile

fire