LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)

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LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect and study gravitational waves using highly sensitive laser interferometry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf binary black hole merger
gravitational-wave observatory
laser interferometer
physics experiment
scientific collaboration
second-generation gravitational-wave detector
abbreviation LIGO
armLength 4 kilometers
collaboratesWith KAGRA
Virgo interferometer
commissioningPeriod 2015
constructionStartDate 1990s
country United States
dataPolicy public data releases after proprietary period
dataUsedFor multi-messenger astronomy
field astrophysics
experimental physics
gravitational-wave astronomy
firstDetectionAnnouncementDate 2016-02-11
firstDetectionEventName GW150914
firstDirectDetectionOfGravitationalWaves 2015-09-14
firstObservationRun 2002
focusesOn gravitational-wave detection
fullName Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
fundedBy National Science Foundation
hasArm X-arm
Y-arm
hasConfiguration Michelson interferometer
power-recycled interferometer
signal-recycled interferometer
hasSite LIGO Hanford Observatory
LIGO Livingston Observatory
keyScientist Barry C. Barish
Kip S. Thorne
linked to: Kip Thorne

Rainer Weiss
location Hanford, Washington, United States
Livingston, Louisiana, United States
operatedBy Caltech
MIT
partOf LIGO Scientific Collaboration
receivedPrize 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics (to key LIGO scientists)
scientificGoal detect gravitational waves
probe neutron star physics
search for stochastic gravitational-wave background
study black holes
study compact binary mergers
test general relativity
upgrade Advanced LIGO
usesTechnology Fabry–Pérot arm cavities
laser interferometry
suspended mirrors
vacuum system
website https://www.ligo.org/

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Kip Thorne coFounderOf LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
Barry Barish notableProject Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
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LIGO Scientific Collaboration operates LIGO Hanford Observatory
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LIGO Scientific Collaboration operates LIGO Livingston Observatory
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LIGO Scientific Collaboration usesInstrument Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
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LIGO Scientific Collaboration parentProject LIGO Laboratory
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Rainer Weiss notableWork Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
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Rainer Weiss notableWork LIGO
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Barry C. Barish notableWork Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
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Barry C. Barish notableWork LIGO
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Barry C. Barish participatedIn LIGO project
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LIGO fullName Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
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LIGO abbreviation LIGO
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LIGO hasSite LIGO Hanford Observatory
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LIGO hasSite LIGO Livingston Observatory
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LIGO upgrade Advanced LIGO
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