LIGO experiment

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:gravitational_wave_event
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:LIGO
gptkbp:AdvancedLIGOCommissioned 2015
gptkbp:arms 4 kilometers
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:KAGRA
gptkb:Virgo_interferometer
over 1000 scientists
gptkbp:commissioned 2002
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dataAnalysis gptkb:LIGO_Scientific_Collaboration
gptkbp:field astrophysics
gravitational wave astronomy
physics
gptkbp:firstDetection September 14, 2015
gptkbp:firstDetectionAnnounced February 11, 2016
gptkbp:firstEvent gptkb:GW150914
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label LIGO experiment
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hanford,_Washington,_USA
gptkb:Livingston,_Louisiana,_USA
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:2017_Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Barry_Barish
gptkb:Kip_Thorne
gptkb:Rainer_Weiss
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:GW170814
gptkb:GW170817
gptkb:GW190521
gptkb:GW151226
gptkb:GW170104
gptkbp:notableAchievement first direct detection of gravitational waves
confirmation of binary black hole mergers
observation of neutron star merger
gptkbp:notableRelease gptkb:Advanced_LIGO
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:outreach gptkb:LIGO_Science_Education_Center
gptkbp:purpose detect gravitational waves
gptkbp:releaseDate publicly available
gptkbp:sensitivity detects distortions smaller than a proton
gptkbp:sensorType gptkb:Michelson_interferometer
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:technology laser interferometry
gptkbp:website https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
gptkbp:関連施設 gptkb:KAGRA
gptkb:GEO600
gptkb:Virgo_interferometer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Einstein's_General_Relativity
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7