Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140102578]
Researchers:
Dr Yuri Levin
(Chief Investigator)
,
Prof Matthew Bailes
(Chief Investigator)
,
Willem Herman Bernardus Van Straten
(Chief Investigator)
,
Willem van Straten
(Chief Investigator)
,
Dr George Hobbs
(Partner Investigator)
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Brief description An upgraded pulsar timing array for gravitational wave detection. Millisecond pulsars are remarkably regularly-rotating neutron stars that offer the opportunity to detect gravitational waves via the technique known as pulsar timing. Australia has long been a world leader in the discovery and timing of millisecond pulsars, and the Parkes pulsar timing array is one of three major programmes in the world aimed at making the first direct detection of gravitational waves in any frequency band. This project is designed to capitalise on Australia's position of strength in this field by extending the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array dataset (PPTA) so that it has the best chance of detecting gravitational waves in the nanohertz regime until the SKA pathfinders start to come online in 2017.
Funding Amount $497,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- ARC : DP140102578
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140102578
