Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	astronomer
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:LIGO
gptkbp:announcedFirstDetection	February 11, 2016
gptkbp:arms	4 kilometers
gptkbp:awarded	2017 Nobel Prize in Physics (to key scientists)
gptkbp:collaboratesWith	gptkb:KAGRA gptkb:Virgo_interferometer over 1,000 scientists
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:detects	gptkb:LIGO_Hanford gptkb:LIGO_Livingston
gptkbp:director	gptkb:David_Reitze
gptkbp:field	gravitational wave astronomy
gptkbp:firstDetection	September 14, 2015
gptkbp:firstEvent	gptkb:GW150914
gptkbp:founded	1994
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
gptkbp:infrastructure	vacuum tubes lasers mirrors
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Hanford,_Washington gptkb:Livingston,_Louisiana
gptkbp:notableFinds	binary black hole merger binary neutron star merger
gptkbp:notableRelease	gptkb:Advanced_LIGO
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:purpose	detect gravitational waves
gptkbp:releaseDate	publicly available
gptkbp:scientificGoals	test general relativity explore the universe with gravitational waves study black holes study neutron stars
gptkbp:sensitivity	detects distortions smaller than a proton
gptkbp:status	operational
gptkbp:technology	laser interferometry
gptkbp:website	https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:LIGO gptkb:LIGO_Hanford_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5