NSF Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/NSF_Laser_Interferometer_Gravitational-Wave_Observatory_(LIGO)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:gravitational_wave_event
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:LIGO
gptkbp:advancedLIGOUpgrade 2010-2015
gptkbp:arms 4 kilometers
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:LIGO_Scientific_Collaboration
gptkb:KAGRA
gptkb:Virgo_Collaboration
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1994
gptkbp:eventType binary black hole merger
binary neutron star merger
neutron star-black hole merger
gptkbp:field astrophysics
gravitational wave astronomy
gptkbp:firstDetection September 14, 2015
gptkbp:firstDetectionAnnounced February 11, 2016
gptkbp:firstEvent gptkb:GW150914
gptkbp:firstScienceRun 2002
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NSF Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hanford,_Washington
gptkb:Livingston,_Louisiana
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:2017_Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Rainer_Weiss
gptkb:Kip_S._Thorne
gptkb:Barry_C._Barish
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:purpose detect gravitational waves
gptkbp:technology laser interferometry
gptkbp:type astronomer
gptkbp:website https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NSF
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4