LIGO, which stands for Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, is an ambitious physics project which aims to detect gravitational waves. The LIGO Scientific Collaboration research group of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM LSC) has been a significant contributor to this effort from its very beginning, more than ten years ago. At present, this gravitational physics group is among the nation's largest and most active. It is part of the UWM Center for Gravitation and Cosmology and it comprises more than twenty members and nine professors. It is part of the Center for Gravitation and Cosmology.
Research at the group includes the study of:
The UWM LSC is part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, with more than 600 scientists from 40 institutions around the world. It forms part of a worldwide network of gravitational-wave detectors which includes the British-German GEO, the French-Italian Virgo and the Japanese TAMA. Scientific analysis of data from the LIGO, GEO and Virgo instruments is carried out in common.
The UWM LIGO Scientific Collaboration research group is currently supported by several National Science Fundation Awards.
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