LCGT news introduced in mass communication media

October 30th, 2020

Symmetry Magazine, published by Fermilab and SLAC, features KAGRA’s completion and observation start. See online issue.

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February 7th, 2020

KAGRA is featured in the “Inside Japan’s Big Physics” series published on Nature Video.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00417-6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUg0wqK9VoM

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November 1st, 2019

Scientific American magazine published an article featuring KAGRA in their November 2019 issue.

“Inside the World’s First Underground Gravitational-Wave Detector”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-worlds-first-underground-gravitational-wave-detector/

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April 19th, 2019

UTokyo FOCUS in the University of Tokyo’s web page features status of KAGRA.

English: ”Tunnel of wonders — UTokyo’s KAGRA gravitational-wave observatory gears up for experiments that could offer new insights on the universe”
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/features/z0508_00111.html

Japanese: “トンネル内の大実験 大型低温重力波望遠鏡KAGRA、観測開始に向け最終調整へ”
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/ja/features/z0508_00110.html

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January 18th, 2019

ScienceNews.org features KAGRA’s first cryogenic test operation in its January 18 web article.

Title: A new gravitational wave detector is almost ready to join the search
Subtitle: Japan’s KAGRA experiment tests new techniques for spotting ripples in spacetime
Link: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-gravitational-wave-detector-kagra-almost-ready-join-search

This article is based on KAGRA Collaboration’s preprint: “First cryogenic test operation of underground km-scale gravitational-wave observatory KAGRA.” arXiv:1901.03569. Posted January 14, 2019.

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January 2nd, 2019

KAGRA is introduced in UK’s science magazine Nature new year issue of 2019.

Nature565, 9-10 (2019)

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07867-z

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07867-z?fbclid=IwAR2bBq3HWyJnB61Kq-u4ul9WuV5LOCXAeXaNR7VmiSE_jP7JaxW1V2lWrvE

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February 12th, 2016

Feb. 12th, 2016

Message from KAGRA on the discovery of Gravitational Wave signal by LIGO-Virgo collaborations

We, the KAGRA collaboration, congratulate the LIGO and Virgo collaborations for the discovery of the gravitational wave signal. It is a historic discovery where the whole field of gravitational waves and general relativity have been waited for.

It is really exciting news, because it is now clear that the studies of gravitational waves and massive compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, can be made by the present generation gravitational wave detectors including KAGRA.

KAGRA would like to complete the construction, achieve the high sensitivity and join the international gravitational wave network as soon as possible so that KAGRA can contribute to the new field of gravitational wave astronomy. Because KAGRA is located underground and going to use cryogenic mirrors, KAGRA is particularly suited to study gravitational wave signals below about 100 Hz, where many signals of mergers of black hole binaries are expected, as observed by LIGO.

In addition to the merger of black hole binaries, there are many astronomical objects to be studied with gravitational waves. For example, KAGRA wants to detect a birth of a black hole created by a coalescence of binary neutron stars and resolve the mystery of short gamma ray bursts with the other gravitational wave detectors and with the partners of multi-messenger astronomy.

Takaaki Kajita,
for the KAGRA collaboration

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October 7th, 2015

Professor Kajita, who is the PI of KAGRA, won the Nobel prize in physics !!

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July 9th, 2013

Yoshiki high school students visited CLIO and SK in July 9th. This event was also reported in a local newspaper.

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July 8th, 2012

In 8th July, a workshop about KAGRA with the department of physics and engineer of Toyama University was held in the Toyama University.

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June 27th, 2012

In June 17th, Uchiyama-kun who is ICRR member gave a lecture on KAGRA in the GSA seminar promoted by Hida academy.

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March 27th, 2012

The KAGRA logo was selected.

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January 28th, 2012

LCGT finally got new nickname “KAGRA”. KA means “Kamioka”, and GRA means Gravity and Gravitational wave.

A detail report is shown in this page.

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January 21st, 2012

LCGT ground breaking ceremony was held in Mozumi, Kamioka-cho, Hida-city, Gifu prefecture.
Some photos about ceremony are shown in this page.

LCGT ground breaking ceremony was written up in several newspaper.
(web page on Gifu newspaper).

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April 12th, 2011

Yamanashi nichi-nichi newspaper wrote up a company in this region accepted an order for LCGT vacuum system in April 8th.

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September 24th, 2010

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Research Promotion Bureau ( in Japanese )

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August 12th, 2010

Mainichi Newspaper (in Japanese ) an article in the Mainichi Newspaper

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August 8th, 2010

Nihon Keizai Newspaper (in Japanese )

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August 3rd, 2010

BS Nippon Television Network Corporation “Daily Planet” Planet View (in Japanese )

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July 19th, 2010

Sankei Newspaper (in Japanese )

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September 4th, 2009

Chunichi Newspaper (in Japanese ) an article in the Chunichi Newspaper

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