LIGO India Project

Question 1

What is LIGO ?

Answer 1

Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory

Question 2

This project is piloted by ?

Answer 2

Dept of Atomic Energy (DEA)

Dept of Science and Technology (DST)

Question 3

What is the project about ?

Answer 3

Massive observatory for detecting cosmic gravitational waves and use them in astronomical studies

Question 4

How many Gravitational wave detectors does it operate?

Answer 4

3 (2 at Hanford in N-W US and 1 in Livingston in S-E US)

Question 5

Which are the research institutions that will jointly coordinate and execute LIGO India ?

Answer 5

1) Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) , Pune
2) Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) , Gandhinagar
3) Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) , Indore

Question 6

What are gravitational waves ?

Answer 6

Disturbances in the curvature of spacetime , generated by accelerated masses that propogate as outward waves from their source at the speed of light

Question 7

Who proposed about gravity waves?

Answer 7

Henri Pocaine in 1905 later proved by Einstein in 1916 in his Theory of Relativity