![]() ![]() No detections were made in that time, but enormous strides in detector engineering were achieved as a result of what was learned during that initial run. LIGO's original instrument, a largely 'proof of concept' model dubbed "Initial LIGO", engaged in "science observations" from 2002 to 2010. LIGO is a national facility for gravitational-wave research providing opportunities for the broader scientific community to participate in detector development, observation, and data analysis. LIGO consists of two widely-separated interferometers within the United States-one in Hanford, Washington and the other in Livingston, Louisiana-operated in unison to detect gravitational waves. LIGO’s multi-kilometer-scale gravitational wave detectors use laser interferometry to measure the minute ripples in space-time caused by passing gravitational waves from cataclysmic cosmic events such as colliding neutron stars or black holes, or by supernovae. LIGO was designed to open the field of gravitational-wave astrophysics through the direct detection of gravitational waves predicted by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. Research takes place on the Caltech and MIT campuses as well as at the detector sites in Hanford, WA and Livingston, LA. Students are involved in detector development, modeling and analysis, as well as open detector operations, observations, and data analysis. Opportunities for students span a broad range of scientific and engineering disciplines, including: gravitational physics, astrophysics, metrology, optics, lasers, mechanical systems, controls, and electronics. LIGO Education and Outreach Opportunities As such, we are developing materials for training of their research mentors, and constructing logistic guidelines to make students known to hiring managers and researchers. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is committed to developing a pipeline for UREM students to transition into professional careers and to attend to their professional development. ![]()
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