Kilogram Cooling (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kilogram Cooling

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MIT scientists have cooled a 10-kilogram object to a near standstill, using LIGO's precise measurements of its 40-kilogram mirrors. Shown here are LIGO optics technicians examining one of LIGO's mirrors.

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Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab

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