India’s first Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) laboratory will be set up in which state?
India’s first Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) laboratory will be set up in which state?
[A]Uttar Pradesh
[B]Maharashtra
[C]Andhra Pradesh
[D]Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
India’s first Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) laboratory will be set up in Aundh in Hingoli district of Maharashtra. LIGO-India will bring wide opportunities in cutting edge technology for Indian industries as they will be engaged in the construction of 8 km-long beam tube at ultra- high vaccuum on a levelled terrain.It will be 3rd such laboratory in the world and first outside the United States. The existing laboratories are located in Hanford, Washington and in Livingston, Louisiana.
Originally written on
September 11, 2016
and last modified on
September 11, 2016.