A gravitational-wave detector (used in a gravitational-wave observatory) is any device designed to measure tiny distortions of spacetime called gravitational...
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LIGO (redirect from Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational waves and to...
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The gravitational wave background (also GWB and stochastic background) is a random background of gravitational waves permeating the Universe, which is...
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Gravitational-wave Observatory (NGO) was proposed as one of three large projects in ESA's long-term plans. In 2013, ESA selected 'The Gravitational Universe'...
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Poincaré in 1905 as the gravitational equivalent of electromagnetic waves. In 1916, Albert Einstein demonstrated that gravitational waves result from his general...
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by passing waves. Observatories like LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory), Virgo and KAGRA (Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector)...
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advanced experimental facilities for a multi-institutional observatory project in gravitational-wave astronomy to be located near Aundha Nagnath, Hingoli District...
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portal Gravitational-wave astronomy – Branch of astronomy using gravitational waves Gravitational-wave observatory – Device used to measure gravitational waves...
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DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (or DECIGO) is a proposed Japanese, space-based, gravitational wave observatory. The laser interferometric...
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KAGRA (redirect from Large Scale Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope)
Kamioka Observatory which is near the Kamioka section of the city of Hida in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. KAGRA is a project of the gravitational wave studies...
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Cosmic Explorer is a proposed third generation ground-based gravitational wave observatory. Cosmic Explorer uses the same L-shaped design as the LIGO detectors...
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The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) or Virgo Collaboration is a consortium established to manage the Virgo interferometer and its related infrastructure...
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Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) is a consortium of astronomers who share a common goal of detecting gravitational waves via regular...
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Einstein Telescope (category Interferometric gravitational-wave instruments)
Einstein Telescope (ET) or Einstein Observatory, is a proposed third-generation ground-based gravitational wave detector, currently under study by some...
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Pulsar timing array (category Gravitational-wave astronomy)
candidates. Gravitational-wave observatory Lommen, Andrea N (13 November 2015). "Pulsar timing arrays: the promise of gravitational wave detection". Reports...
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Scientific Collaboration gravitational wave observatory scientific collaboration LIGO (physics), gravitational wave observatory site LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK)...
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LISA Pathfinder (category Gravitational-wave telescopes)
needed for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), an ESA gravitational wave observatory planned to be launched in 2035. The scientific phase started...
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Taiji program (redirect from Taiji (gravitational wave observatory))
satellite-based gravitational-wave observatory. It is scheduled for launch in 2033 to study ripples in spacetime caused by gravitational waves. The program...
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spectral signature in the context of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Spectroscopy is a branch of science concerned with the...
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Nergis Mavalvala (category Gravitational-wave astronomy)
known for her work on the detection of gravitational waves in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project, and for the exploration...
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TianQin (category Gravitational-wave telescopes)
Project (Chinese: 天琴计划) is a proposed space-borne gravitational-wave observatory (gravitational-wave detector) consisting of three spacecraft in Earth...
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AIGO (redirect from Australian Interferometric Gravitational Observatory)
The Australian International Gravitational Observatory (AIGO) is a research facility located near Gingin, north of Perth in Western Australia. It is part...
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type of standard candle. In April 2019, the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave observatories announced the detection of a candidate event that is, with...
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Tests of general relativity (redirect from Gravitational deflection of light)
of the perihelion of Mercury, the bending of light in gravitational fields, and the gravitational redshift. The precession of Mercury was already known;...
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CLIO (redirect from Cryogenic Laser Interferometer Observatory)
Interferometer Observatory, a prototype detector for gravitational waves. It is testing cryogenic mirror technologies for the Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector...
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GW170817 (category Gravitational waves)
GW170817 was a gravitational wave (GW) signal observed by the LIGO and Virgo detectors on 17 August 2017, originating from the shell elliptical galaxy...
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TAMA 300 (redirect from 300m Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Antenna)
gravitational wave detector located at the Mitaka campus of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. It is a project of the gravitational wave...
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Rana X. Adhikari (category Gravitational-wave astrophysicists)
physics of gravitational wave detection and is among the scientists responsible for the U.S.-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO)...
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researchers can extract gravitational waveforms, thus studying the relationship between the equation of state and gravitational waves emitted by binary neutron...
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ngo, a file extension for an NG Linker Object (NGML) file New Gravitational-wave Observatory, a European Space Agency project Chūbu Centrair International...
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