Rainer Weiss
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Rainer Weiss is an American physicist best known as a co-founder of the LIGO project and a Nobel laureate for his pioneering work in the direct detection of gravitational waves.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rainer Weiss canonical | 9 |
| Rainer Weiss (LIGO collaboration leadership context) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physics
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experimental physicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Physical Society Einstein Prize
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surface form:
Einstein Prize (APS)
Gruber Cosmology Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Shaw Prize in Astronomy ⓘ Fundamental Physics Prize ⓘ
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Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
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| co-recipientOf | 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-09-29 ⓘ |
| designed | concept for laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor |
Jerrold R. Zacharias
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surface form:
Jerrold Zacharias
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| educatedAt | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Weiss ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cosmic microwave background
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gravitational physics ⓘ gravitational waves ⓘ interferometry ⓘ |
| givenName | Rainer ⓘ |
| influenced | development of gravitational-wave astronomy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding the LIGO project
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direct detection of gravitational waves ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Physical Society
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LIGO Scientific Collaboration ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Rainer Weiss self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | pioneering work leading to first direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015 ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Nergis Mavalvala ⓘ |
| notableWork |
LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
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LIGO
LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) ⓘ
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Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
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| occupation |
physicist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Berlin
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Germany ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| reasonForAward | contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharedAwardWith |
Barry C. Barish
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Kip Thorne ⓘ
surface form:
Kip S. Thorne
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| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rainer Weiss (LIGO collaboration leadership context)
subject surface form:
Barry Barish
subject surface form:
LIGO