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LIGO-India - A Unique Adventure in Indian Science


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1 Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India
2 Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
3 Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382 428, India
4 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India
5 International Centre for Theoretical Sciences–TIFR, Hesaraghatta Hobli, Bengaluru 560 089, India
 

LIGO-India is an ambitious, large scale mega-science project that will establish a state-of-the-art advanced LIGO gravitational wave (GW) observatory on Indian soil in collaboration with the LIGO Laboratory in the USA. LIGO-India is expected to commence science operations in 2024 as a key element of a global array of gravitational wave observatories. Beyond the first direct detection of gravitational waves announced in February 2016 by LIGO Science Collaboration, LIGO-India brings forth a great opportunity for Indian scientists and technologists for leadership at the frontier, a new window of gravitational-wave astronomy to probe the universe.

Keywords

Astronomy and Astrophysics, Gravitational Waves, Layer Interferometer, Mega-Science Projects, Observatories and Detectors.
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  • Abbott, B. P. et al., Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration). Phys. Rev. Lett., 2016, 116, 061102.

  • http://www.ligo.org

  • http://www.gw.iucaa.in/ligo-india/

  • http://www.gw-indigo.org

  • https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0075/M1100296/002/LIGO-India_lw-v2.pdf

  • https://www.advancedligo.mit.edu


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Authors

Tarun Souradeep
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India
Sendhil Raja
Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
Ziauddin Khan
Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382 428, India
C. S. Unnikrishnan
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India
Bala Iyer
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences–TIFR, Hesaraghatta Hobli, Bengaluru 560 089, India

Abstract


LIGO-India is an ambitious, large scale mega-science project that will establish a state-of-the-art advanced LIGO gravitational wave (GW) observatory on Indian soil in collaboration with the LIGO Laboratory in the USA. LIGO-India is expected to commence science operations in 2024 as a key element of a global array of gravitational wave observatories. Beyond the first direct detection of gravitational waves announced in February 2016 by LIGO Science Collaboration, LIGO-India brings forth a great opportunity for Indian scientists and technologists for leadership at the frontier, a new window of gravitational-wave astronomy to probe the universe.

Keywords


Astronomy and Astrophysics, Gravitational Waves, Layer Interferometer, Mega-Science Projects, Observatories and Detectors.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi04%2F672-677