What is LIGO Virgo Kagra?

What is LIGO Virgo Kagra?

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration The Virgo detector is a 3 km interferometer in Cascina, Italy. It is operated by the European Gravitational Observatory and funded by INFN (Italy), CNRS (France) and Nikhef (Netherlands). The KAGRA observatory is an underground 3 km interferometer in Kamioka, Japan.

How many detections has LIGO?

Observations are made in “runs”. As of January 2022, LIGO has made 3 runs (with one of the runs divided into 2 “subruns”), and made 90 detections of gravitational waves….LIGO.

Alternative names	LIGO
LIGO Livingston Observatory LIGO Hanford Observatory LIGO observatories in the Contiguous United States

What does LIGO stand for?

LIGO stands for “Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory”. It is the world’s largest gravitational wave observatory and a marvel of precision engineering.

What is LIGO India project?

What is LIGO India project? The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) – India is a planned advanced gravitational-wave observatory to be located in India as part of the worldwide network, whose concept proposal is now under active consideration in India and the USA.

What does Kagra stand for?

Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope KAGRA | NAOJ: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan – English.

How do you cite LIGO?

If your research used resources from this web site, please cite as: R. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration), “Open data from the first and second observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo”, SoftwareX 13 (2021) 100658.