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| Name: Bala R Iyer Affiliation: ICTS, TIFR, Bangalore Conference ID: ASI2015_992 Title : LIGO-India Beyond Detection to Gravitational Wave Astronomy Abstract Type : Plenary Abstract : The second-generation kilometer scale laser interferometric Gravitational Wave (GW) detectors Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo will be operational in a few years and are expected to make several detections per year. The first detections will open up a fundamentally new observational window to the Universe with implications for astrophysics, cosmology and fundamental physics. Inaugurating GW astronomy requires extension of the existing LIGO-Virgo network to a global network including observatories like LIGO-India to provide good sky localization for the GW sources. LIGO-India will thus play a key role in locating and deciphering these sources. The status of LIGO-India project and the exciting research opportunities arising from this mega project on Indian soil in a variety of disciplines in basic science, high end technology and challenges in computations will be finally indicated. |