Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE210100002 [ 2021-09-01 - 2025-08-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Bram J. J. Slagmolen (Chief Investigator) ,  Chunnong Zhao (Chief Investigator) ,  David McClelland (Chief Investigator) ,  Eric Thrane (Chief Investigator) ,  Linqing Wen (Chief Investigator)
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Brief description Australian Partnership in Advanced LIGO+: continuation. The aim of this project is, in collaboration with the USA and UK, to complete the installation and commissioning of the Advanced LIGO+ facilities in the USA in order to bring them to design sensitivity. These facilities expect to increase the event rate of gravitational wave signals by a factor of 125. This should lead to daily detections and the observation of new sources of gravitational waves. Given that only 5% of the universe is detectable by telescopes, the impact of gravitational wave detections on our understanding of the universe is inestimable. Australian partnership intends to enable our physicists and astronomers to be at the vanguard of this brand new field and inspire a new generation to study the physical sciences.

Funding Amount $3,000,000

Funding Scheme Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

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