900 E. Hamilton Ave., Suite 230 Campbell, CA 95008 866.4.NEXSAN www.nexsan.com CASESTUDY 1 LIGO CALTECH USES NEXSAN AND WESTLAKE TECHNOLOGIES TO OBSERVE THE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES OF COLLIDING BLACK HOLES CUSTOMER OVERVIEW The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is designed to open the field of gravitational-wave astrophysics through the direct detection of gravitational waves predicted by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. Among their prolific projects is the operation of the twin Laser detectors, located in Livingston, LA. and Hanford, WA. The LIGO Observatories are funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and were conceived, built and are operated by Caltech and MIT. Recently the LIGO detectors discovered gravitational waves which indicated

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