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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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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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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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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by passing waves. Observatories like LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory), Virgo and KAGRA (Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector)...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Scientific Collaboration gravitational wave observatory scientific collaboration LIGO (physics), gravitational wave observatory site LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK)...
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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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Virgo interferometer (category Interferometric gravitational-wave instruments)
other major gravitational waves experiment, for the purpose of carrying out joint analysis of the data which is crucial for gravitational wave detections...
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Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory EarthScope GEOSCOPE Observatory World-Wide Standardized Seismograph Network Example gravitational wave observatories include: LIGO...
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Black hole (redirect from Gravitationally completely collapsed star)
September 2015, the LIGO gravitational wave observatory made the first-ever successful direct observation of gravitational waves. The signal was consistent...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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page contains a list of observed/candidate gravitational wave events. Direct observation of gravitational waves, which commenced with the detection of an...
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