The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 42 Issue 1
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- Pages.27.2-27.2
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- 2017
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
LIGO-India: Beyond discovery of Gravitational waves.
- Souradeep, Tarun (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)
- Published : 2017.04.10
Abstract
The historic discovery of gravitational waves through direct detection by the LIGO observatories in the USA, in principle, opens up a new window for astronomy. In practice, however, the true launch of gravitational-wave astronomy will await the global array of LIGO like observatories including the planned LIGO-India observatory recently flagged off by the Union cabinet of India. I will review the momentous discovery, the potential of gravitational-wave astronomy and the promise of LIGO-India.
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