LIGO-Virgo collaboration

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:collaboration
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:European_Space_Agency
NASA
international research institutions
gptkbp:conducts observations
gptkbp:contributedTo cosmology
astrophysics
gptkbp:develops new technologies
gptkbp:engagesIn educational programs
gptkbp:focusesOn gravitational waves
gptkbp:formed 2015
gptkbp:hasEvents gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics_2017
international collaborations
advancements in detector sensitivity
collaborative research publications
multiple gravitational wave detections
gptkbp:hasFunding government grants
private donations
institutional support
gptkbp:hasGoals understanding the universe
exploring fundamental physics
testing general relativity
detecting gravitational waves from the early universe
studying the properties of black holes
studying the properties of neutron stars
gptkbp:hasImpactOn theoretical physics
experimental physics
gravitational wave astronomy
gptkbp:hasMember engineers
researchers
scientists
gptkbp:hasPublications scientific papers
gptkbp:heldIn annual meetings
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label LIGO-Virgo collaboration
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Virgo
gptkb:LIGO
gptkbp:isBasedOn gptkb:Italy
gptkb:USA
gptkbp:isSupportedBy gptkb:Italian_Institute_of_Nuclear_Physics
gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkb:French_National_Research_Agency
gptkbp:notable_event first detection of gravitational waves
gptkbp:operates LIGO detectors
Virgo detector
gptkbp:promotes public outreach
gptkbp:provides data to the scientific community
gptkbp:recognizes supernovae
black hole mergers
neutron_star_mergers
gptkbp:utilizes laser interferometry