Status of Ground-Based Gravitational Wave Detectors
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Gravitational wave detectors on the ground are now operating full-time at unprecedented sensitivity. Detection of gravitational waves by ground-based detectors is expected, if not from this generation, then from its successors that will start construction within a few years.
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