LIGO Scientific Collaboration
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The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) is a scientific collaboration of international physics institutes and research groups dedicated to the search for gravitational waves.
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Formation | 1997[1] |
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Headquarters | California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States |
Membership | 1200 scientists[2] |
LSC Spokesperson | Patrick Brady |
Executive Director of LIGO | David Reitze |
Award(s) | Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2016) Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2016) Enrico Fermi Prize (2016) Bruno Rossi Prize (2017) Albert Einstein Medal (2017) Princess of Asturias Award (2017) |
Website | www.ligo.org |
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