KAGRA gravitational-wave detector

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The KAGRA gravitational-wave detector is a large-scale underground interferometer in Japan that uses cryogenically cooled mirrors to detect ripples in spacetime from cosmic events.

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instanceOf gravitational-wave observatory ⓘ
laser interferometer ⓘ
underground observatory ⓘ
abbreviation LCGT ⓘ
alsoKnownAs KAGRA ⓘ
Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope ⓘ
armLength 3 km ⓘ
collaboration KAGRA Collaboration ⓘ
configuration Michelson interferometer with Fabry–Pérot arm cavities ⓘ
constructionStart 2010 ⓘ
coolingMethod cryogenic cooling with sapphire mirrors ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
designedBy KAGRA Collaboration ⓘ
feature cryogenically cooled test masses ⓘ
input and output mode cleaners ⓘ
power-recycling mirror ⓘ
signal-recycling mirror ⓘ
suspended mirrors ⓘ
underground tunnels for seismic noise reduction ⓘ
vacuum system in interferometer arms ⓘ
firstObservationRunParticipation O3 (joint run with LIGO and Virgo, late phase) ⓘ
firstOperation 2016 ⓘ
fundingSource Japanese government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Japan

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan ⓘ
hostInstitution University of Tokyo ⓘ
locatedIn Kamioka mine ⓘ
locatedUndergroundDepth approximately 200 m ⓘ
location Kamioka, Gifu Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
namedAfter Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector (KAmioka GRAvitational wave) ⓘ
noiseReductionStrategy seismic isolation ⓘ
thermal noise reduction via cryogenics ⓘ
numberOfArms 2 ⓘ
operator High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) ⓘ
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo ⓘ
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan ⓘ
linked to: NAOJ
partnerDetector GEO600 ⓘ
LIGO ⓘ
Virgo ⓘ
partOfNetwork global network of gravitational-wave detectors ⓘ
predecessorName LCGT project ⓘ
region Hida region, Gifu Prefecture ⓘ
linked to: Hida region
researchOutput gravitational-wave data for astrophysical analysis ⓘ
scienceGoal detection of gravitational waves ⓘ
multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves ⓘ
observation of compact binary coalescences ⓘ
study of neutron star equation of state ⓘ
tests of general relativity ⓘ
scientificDiscipline experimental physics ⓘ
gravitational-wave astronomy ⓘ
testMassMaterial sapphire ⓘ

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Virgo Collaboration → collaboratesWith → KAGRA Collaboration ⓘ
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KAGRA gravitational-wave detector → alsoKnownAs → Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope ⓘ
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Virgo interferometer → collaboratesWith → KAGRA ⓘ
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