Diagram of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) located at two sites: LIGO Livingston Observatory in Livingston, Louisiana and LIGO Hanford Observatory near Richland, Washington. (Image Source: ScienceNews.org )
By Glenn A. Walsh
Reporting for SpaceWatchtower
Two prestigious awards in the sciences
have been awarded to the designers and researchers of the Laser
Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), which recently
directly detected gravitational-waves for the first time. The direct
discovery of gravitational-waves “has in a single stroke and for
the first time, validated Einstein’s theory of general relativity
for very strong fields,” said Mats Carlsson of the Institute of
Theoretical Astrophysics in Norway.
The Institute of Theoretical
Astrophysics announced on June 2 their awarding of the biennial Kavli
Prize in Astrophysics to Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and to Kip Thorne and Ronald Drever of the California
Institute of Technology. This prize was given to the three scientists
for their groundbreaking work on LIGO. They will share the $1 million
cash prize.
The Kalvi Prize came just a few days
after the three researchers also received the annual Shaw Prize in
Astronomy. According to the Shaw Foundation, they received this award
“for conceiving and designing the Laser Interferometer
Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), whose recent direct detection
of gravitational waves opens a new window in astronomy, with the
first remarkable discovery being the merger of a pair of stellar mass
black holes.” For the Shaw Prize, the three scientists will share a
$1.2 million cash award.
Links to More Information Regarding This News
Kalvi Prize: Link >>> http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Scientists-who-proved-Einstein-theory-win-Kavli-7963574.php
Shaw Prize: Link >>> http://news.mit.edu/2016/rainer-weiss-awarded-shaw-prize-astronomy-0601
Links to Additional Information
More about LIGO: Link >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO
More about the Kalvi Prize: Link >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavli_Prize
More about the Shaw Prize: Link >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_Prize
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"Centennial: Einstein's General Theory of Relativity." 2015 Nov. 25.
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"Laser Observatory May Directly Detect Gravity Waves." 2015 Oct. 7.
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of Technology.
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