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8th April 2023 (8 Topics)

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Context:

  • The Union Cabinet has approved to set up a gravitational wave detection facility in Maharashtra.

About:

  • Laser Interferometer Gravitational­ wave Observatory (LIGO)-A ?2,600 crore project, is one that will consist of a detector called the Laser Interferometer Gravitational­ wave Observatory (LIGO), to be built in the image of the twin LIGO instruments already operational in the U.S.
  • LIGO­India-A third detector is being built in India as part of the LIGO­India collaboration in order to improve the detectors’ collective ability to pinpoint sources of gravitational waves in the sky.
  • Requirement for successful implementation- The starting requirement here is the timely release of funds for construction, followed by issuing the allocated resources without delay.
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