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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:gravitational_wave_event
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gptkbp:AdvancedLIGOCommissioned
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2015
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gptkbp:arms
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4 kilometers
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gptkbp:awarded
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2017 Nobel Prize in Physics (to key scientists)
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gptkbp:collaboratesWith
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gptkb:GEO600
gptkb:KAGRA_detector
gptkb:Virgo_detector
LIGO-India (planned)
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gptkbp:commissioned
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2002
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gptkbp:detects
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gravitational waves
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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binary black hole mergers
binary neutron star mergers
neutron star-black hole mergers
gravitational wave background (upper limits)
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gptkbp:firstDetection
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September 14, 2015
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gptkbp:firstEvent
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gptkb:GW150914
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gptkbp:fundedBy
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gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
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gptkbp:hasComponent
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gptkb:vacuum
mirrors
Control System
photodetectors
data acquisition system
laser system
seismic isolation system
suspension system
test masses
Directional coupler
environmental monitoring system
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gptkbp:hasDetected
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gptkb:GW170817
gptkb:GW190521
gptkb:GW190814
gptkb:GW151226
gptkb:GW170104
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gptkbp:hasWebsite
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gptkb:Hanford,_Washington
gptkb:Livingston,_Louisiana
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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LIGO detectors
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:notableRelease
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gptkb:Advanced_LIGO
A+
LIGO Voyager (planned)
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:LIGO_Scientific_Collaboration
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gptkbp:ownedBy
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gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
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gptkbp:releaseDate
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publicly available
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gptkbp:scientificGoals
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test general relativity
study black holes
study neutron stars
study cosmology
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gptkbp:sensitivity
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detects distortions smaller than a proton
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gptkbp:status
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operational
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gptkbp:technology
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laser interferometry
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gptkbp:website
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https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:gravitational_wave_event
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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