LIGO

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:gravitational_wave_event
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:LIGO
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Caltech
gptkb:MIT
gptkbp:announcedFirstDetection February 11, 2016
gptkbp:arms 4 kilometers
gptkbp:awarded 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics (to founders)
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:LIGO_Scientific_Collaboration
gptkb:KAGRA
gptkb:Virgo_Collaboration
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1994
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:detects gptkb:LIGO_Hanford_Observatory
gptkb:LIGO_Livingston_Observatory
gptkbp:firstDetection September 14, 2015
gptkbp:firstEvent gptkb:GW150914
gptkbp:firstScienceRun 2002
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Kip_Thorne
gptkb:Rainer_Weiss
gptkb:Ronald_Drever
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Laser_Interferometer_Gravitational-Wave_Observatory
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkbp:hasCollaborationMembers over 1,000 scientists
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label LIGO
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hanford,_Washington,_USA
gptkb:Livingston,_Louisiana,_USA
gptkbp:logo https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/system/brand_assets/brand_asset/1/LIGO_logo.png
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:GW170817
gptkb:GW190521
gptkb:GW190814
gptkbp:notableFinds binary black hole merger
binary neutron star merger
gptkbp:notableRelease gptkb:Advanced_LIGO
gptkbp:numberOfSatellites 2
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:purpose detect gravitational waves
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Einstein's_general_relativity
astrophysics
gravitational wave astronomy
gptkbp:releaseDate Open data available
gptkbp:researchArea gptkb:astronomy
astrophysics
physics
gptkbp:sensorType laser interferometer
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:type interferometric data
gptkbp:upgradeYear 2015
gptkbp:website https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:LIGO_Scientific_Collaboration
gptkb:NSF_Laser_Interferometer_Gravitational-Wave_Observatory
gptkb:GEO600
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4