LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
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LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect and study gravitational waves using highly sensitive laser interferometry.
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Target entity: LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Context triple: [Kip Thorne, coFounderOf, LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)]
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LIGO Scientific Collaboration
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration is an international group of scientists and institutions that built and operate the LIGO detectors and made the first direct detection of gravitational waves, confirming a key prediction of Einstein’s general relativity.
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a next-generation astronomical facility in Chile designed to conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, producing an unprecedented, deep, wide, and fast imaging survey of the night sky.
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IceCube Neutrino Observatory
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a massive, cubic-kilometer-scale neutrino detector embedded deep in Antarctic ice, designed to observe high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources.
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Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope dedicated primarily to detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
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Thirty Meter Telescope
The Thirty Meter Telescope is a planned next-generation ground-based optical and infrared observatory with a 30-meter primary mirror, designed to provide extremely high-resolution views of the universe from a mountaintop site.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Target entity description: LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect and study gravitational waves using highly sensitive laser interferometry.
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LIGO Scientific Collaboration
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration is an international group of scientists and institutions that built and operate the LIGO detectors and made the first direct detection of gravitational waves, confirming a key prediction of Einstein’s general relativity.
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a next-generation astronomical facility in Chile designed to conduct the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, producing an unprecedented, deep, wide, and fast imaging survey of the night sky.
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C.
IceCube Neutrino Observatory
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a massive, cubic-kilometer-scale neutrino detector embedded deep in Antarctic ice, designed to observe high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources.
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Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope dedicated primarily to detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
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Thirty Meter Telescope
The Thirty Meter Telescope is a planned next-generation ground-based optical and infrared observatory with a 30-meter primary mirror, designed to provide extremely high-resolution views of the universe from a mountaintop site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
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|---|---|
| instanceOf |
binary black hole merger
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gravitational-wave observatory ⓘ laser interferometer ⓘ physics experiment ⓘ scientific collaboration ⓘ second-generation gravitational-wave detector ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
self-link
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surface form:
LIGO
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| armLength | 4 kilometers ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
KAGRA gravitational-wave detector
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surface form:
KAGRA
Virgo interferometer ⓘ |
| commissioningPeriod | 2015 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1990s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataPolicy | public data releases after proprietary period ⓘ |
| dataUsedFor | multi-messenger astronomy ⓘ |
| field |
astrophysics
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experimental physics ⓘ gravitational-wave astronomy ⓘ |
| firstDetectionAnnouncementDate | 2016-02-11 ⓘ |
| firstDetectionEventName | GW150914 ⓘ |
| firstDirectDetectionOfGravitationalWaves | 2015-09-14 ⓘ |
| firstObservationRun | 2002 ⓘ |
| focusesOn | gravitational-wave detection ⓘ |
| fullName |
LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
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surface form:
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
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| fundedBy | National Science Foundation ⓘ |
| hasArm |
X-arm
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Y-arm ⓘ |
| hasConfiguration |
Michelson interferometer
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power-recycled interferometer ⓘ signal-recycled interferometer ⓘ |
| hasSite |
LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
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surface form:
LIGO Hanford Observatory
LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
LIGO Livingston Observatory
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| keyScientist |
Barry C. Barish
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Kip Thorne ⓘ
surface form:
Kip S. Thorne
Rainer Weiss ⓘ |
| location |
Hanford Site, Washington
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surface form:
Hanford, Washington, United States
Livingston, Louisiana, United States ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
California Institute of Technology
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surface form:
Caltech
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
surface form:
MIT
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| partOf | LIGO Scientific Collaboration ⓘ |
| receivedPrize | 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics (to key LIGO scientists) ⓘ |
| scientificGoal |
detect gravitational waves
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probe neutron star physics ⓘ search for stochastic gravitational-wave background ⓘ study black holes ⓘ study compact binary mergers ⓘ test general relativity ⓘ |
| upgrade |
LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Advanced LIGO
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| usesTechnology |
Michelson interferometer
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surface form:
Fabry–Pérot arm cavities
laser interferometry ⓘ suspended mirrors ⓘ vacuum system ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ligo.org/ ⓘ |
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