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Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Laser_Interferometer_Gravitational-Wave_Observatory_(LIGO)
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
astronomer
scientific research
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 1000 scientists
gptkbp:detects
merging black holes
merging neutron stars
gptkbp:director
gptkb:David_Reitze
gptkbp:firstDetection
September 14, 2015
gptkbp:firstDetectionOf
gravitational waves
gptkbp:firstEvent
gptkb:GW150914
gptkbp:founded
1994
gptkbp:fundedBy
gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkbp:hasWebsite
gptkb:Hanford,_Washington
gptkb:Livingston,_Louisiana
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
gptkbp:location
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:GW170817
gptkb:GW190521
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:technology
laser interferometry
gptkbp:type
ground-based interferometer
gptkbp:website
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:National_Science_Foundation_(NSF)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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