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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:gravitational_wave_event
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gptkbp:abbreviation
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gptkb:aLIGO
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gptkbp:affiliatedWith
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gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
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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 contributors)
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gptkbp:collaboratesWith
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gptkb:KAGRA
gptkb:Virgo
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gptkbp:commissioned
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2015
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gptkbp:firstDetection
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gptkb:GW150914
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gptkbp:firstObserved
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September 14, 2015
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Advanced_Laser_Interferometer_Gravitational-Wave_Observatory
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gptkbp:fundedBy
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gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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aLIGO
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Hanford,_Washington,_USA
gptkb:Livingston,_Louisiana,_USA
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gptkbp:networkUpgrade
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gptkb:initial_LIGO
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gptkbp:notableFinds
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binary black hole merger
binary neutron star merger
first direct detection of gravitational waves
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:LIGO_Scientific_Collaboration
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:LIGO
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gptkbp:principalInvestigator
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gptkb:David_Reitze
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gptkbp:purpose
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detect gravitational waves
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gptkbp:releaseDate
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publicly available
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gptkbp:sensitivity
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detects changes smaller than 1/10,000th the diameter of a proton
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gptkbp:sensorType
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gptkb:Michelson_interferometer
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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:Advanced_LIGO
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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