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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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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DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (or DECIGO) is a proposed Japanese, space-based, gravitational wave observatory. The laser interferometric...
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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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the first dedicated space-based gravitational-wave observatory. It aims to measure gravitational waves directly by using laser interferometry. The LISA...
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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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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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portal Gravitational-wave astronomy – Branch of astronomy using gravitational waves Gravitational-wave observatory – Device used to measure gravitational waves...
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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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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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The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is a consortium established to manage the Virgo interferometer and its related infrastructure, as well as...
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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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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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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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physicist known for her work on gravitational physics, especially gravitational waves, gravitons, and gravitational singularities. Alongside Berger's...
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GW151226 (redirect from Second observation of gravitational waves)
GW151226 was a gravitational wave signal detected by the LIGO observatory on 25 December 2015 local time (26 Dec 2015 UTC). On 15 June 2016, the LIGO and...
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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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Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory EarthScope GEOSCOPE Observatory World-Wide Standardized Seismograph Network Example gravitational wave observatories include: LIGO...
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CLIO (redirect from Cryogenic Laser Interferometer Observatory)
Interferometer Observatory) is a prototype detector for gravitational waves. It is testing cryogenic mirror technologies for the Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector...
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Pulsar timing array (category Gravitational-wave astronomy)
nanohertz gravitational waves, marking a new era in nanoHertz gravitational research. Rini, Matteo (June 2023). "Researchers Capture Gravitational-Wave Background...
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the gravitational-wave observatories LIGO and Virgo employ squeezed laser light, which has significantly increased the rate of observed gravitational-wave...
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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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Allegro was a ground-based, cryogenic resonant Weber bar, gravitational-wave detector run by Warren Johnson, et al. at Louisiana State University in Baton...
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history of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and the 2015 discovery of gravitational waves. In a review of the book published in...
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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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gravitational-wave search refers to the use of extremely large interferometers built on the ground to passively detect (or "observe") gravitational wave...
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light wave depends on the strength of the gravitational potential along its path". This is called the Shapiro delay. However, since the gravitational field...
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contains a list of observed and candidate gravitational wave events. Direct observation of gravitational waves, which commenced with the detection of an...
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