LIGO Scientific Collaboration

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/LIGO_Scientific_Collaboration
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:treaty
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:LSC
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Princess_of_Asturias_Award_for_Technical_and_Scientific_Research
gptkb:Gruber_Prize_in_Cosmology
gptkb:Special_Breakthrough_Prize_in_Fundamental_Physics
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:Virgo_Collaboration
gptkb:KAGRA_Collaboration
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:field gravitational wave astronomy
gptkbp:focus gptkb:cosmology
astrophysics
fundamental physics
multi-messenger astronomy
gptkbp:founded 1997
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label LIGO Scientific Collaboration
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:leader gptkb:public_speaker
gptkbp:members over 100 institutions
over 1200 scientists
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:GW150914
binary black hole merger
binary neutron star merger
first direct detection of gravitational waves
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Physical_Review_Letters
gptkb:Astrophysical_Journal_Letters
gptkbp:notableSpeaker gptkb:Gabriela_González
gptkb:David_Reitze
gptkb:Patrick_Brady
gptkbp:operates gptkb:LIGO
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:LIGO_Laboratory
gptkbp:purpose gravitational wave detection
gptkbp:regionServed worldwide
gptkbp:type gptkb:treaty
gptkbp:website https://ligo.org
gptkbp:関連施設 gptkb:LIGO_Hanford_Observatory
gptkb:LIGO_Livingston_Observatory
gptkb:KAGRA_interferometer
gptkb:Virgo_interferometer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Max_Planck_Institute_for_Gravitational_Physics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3