Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE140100121 [ 2014-07-11 - 2016-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: A/Prof Andrew Melatos (Chief Investigator) ,  A/Prof David Coward (Chief Investigator) ,  A/Prof Li Ju (Chief Investigator) ,  A/Prof Peter Veitch (Chief Investigator) ,  David Blair (Chief Investigator)
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Brief description Equipment for International Collaboration in Gravitational Wave Detection. Equipment for international collaboration in gravitational wave detection: This project will allow the Australian Consortium for Gravitational Astronomy to install optical equipment at its dedicated research facility, and to install data analysis pipelines on new iVEC Pawsey Centre GPU-enabled supercomputers. The equipment is required for research aimed at stabilising instabilities in the new international gravitational wave detectors currently being commissioned in the USA and Europe. Real time data from the new detectors will be analysed using innovative new techniques. Scientists across Australia will be able to rapidly localise potential gravitational wave sources to direct robotic telescope observations. This could enable the first detection of gravitational waves.

Funding Amount $720,000

Funding Scheme Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

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