Physics professor Michael Downer, who supervised Reitzes dissertation, said Reitzes team improved the sensitivity of the LIGO detectors until they could detect gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are tiny, rhythmic distortions in space and time that occur when objects move. They are generated
I still have a very close connection with my thesis advisor, Dr. Michael Downer, Reitze said. I just communicated with him this morning, and he invited me to come to Austin, so Im sure Ill be down there sometime.
