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Physicists explain: Gravitational Waves

Two scientists talk about how you compute the observational signatures from the birth of the Universe.

Mari Løvås

Article from University of Stavanger

Published 28 February 2018 - 06:00

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In this video Dr. David J. Weir and Professor Anders Tranberg from the University of Stavanger talk about gravitational waves from phase transitions in the very early Universe.

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