second-generation gravitational-wave detector

C27999
concept

A second-generation gravitational-wave detector is an advanced interferometric observatory, such as Advanced LIGO or Advanced Virgo, designed with enhanced sensitivity and noise reduction to detect weaker and more distant gravitational-wave signals than first-generation instruments.

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Label Occurrences
second-generation gravitational-wave detector canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: second-generation gravitational-wave detector
Generated description
A second-generation gravitational-wave detector is an advanced interferometric observatory, such as Advanced LIGO or Advanced Virgo, designed with enhanced sensitivity and noise reduction to detect weaker and more distant gravitational-wave signals than first-generation instruments.

Instances (1)

Instance Via concept surface
LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
surface form: Advanced LIGO