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The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational waves and to develop gravitational-wave observations as an astronomical tool. [1]
The KAGRA observatory's collaboration has joined the LIGO-Virgo collective, and the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collective is called "LVK". The LSC Spokesperson as of 2019 is Patrick Brady of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. [5] The Executive Director of the LIGO Laboratory is David Reitze from the University of Florida.
It was published in 2020 that a gamma-ray burst was detected ~0.5 seconds after the LIGO trigger, lasting 6 seconds and bearing similarities to GRB170817 (such as weakness [most power in sub-100 keV, or soft X-rays) bands], elevated energetic photon background levels [signal exceeding background by less than a factor of 2], and similar ...
The first direct observation of gravitational waves was made on 14 September 2015 and was announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016. [3] [4] [5] Previously, gravitational waves had been inferred only indirectly, via their effect on the timing of pulsars in binary star systems.
Adhikari is actively involved in the LIGO-India project, which aims to build a gravitational-wave observatory in India. [6] He was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society [8] and a member of Optica (formerly known as Optical Society of America). [9] Since 2019 he has been a member of the Infosys Prize jury for physical sciences. [10]
The IndIGO Consortium has spearheaded the proposal for the LIGO-India gravitational wave observatory, in association with the LIGO laboratory in US.In addition to the LIGO-India project, the other activities of IndIGO involve facilitating international collaborations in gravitational-wave physics and astronomy, initiating a strong experimental gravitational-wave research program in India ...
Executive director, LIGO Laboratory; research professor of physics, California Institute of Technology; professor of physics, University of Florida David Howard Reitze (born 6 January 1961) is an American laser physicist who is professor of physics at the University of Florida and served as the scientific spokesman of the Laser Interferometer ...
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