Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:gravitational_wave_event
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:Advanced_LIGO
gptkbp:arms	4 kilometers
gptkbp:awarded	2017 Nobel Prize in Physics (to LIGO founders)
gptkbp:collaboratesWith	gptkb:KAGRA gptkb:Virgo_interferometer
gptkbp:commissioned	2015
gptkbp:director	gptkb:David_Reitze
gptkbp:firstDetection	gptkb:GW150914
gptkbp:firstObserved	September 14, 2015
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Hanford,_Washington gptkb:Livingston,_Louisiana
gptkbp:notableFinds	binary black hole merger binary neutron star merger
gptkbp:notableRelease	gptkb:LIGO
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:LIGO_Scientific_Collaboration
gptkbp:purpose	detect gravitational waves
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Einstein's_general_relativity gravitational wave astronomy
gptkbp:releaseDate	gptkb:Open_Science_Center
gptkbp:sensitivity	detects distortions smaller than a proton
gptkbp:technology	laser interferometry
gptkbp:website	https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Advanced_LIGO
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory