Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0878388

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0878388

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Gravitational wave detection through millisecond pulsar timing. This project aims to detect gravitational waves (GWs) using precision pulsar timing observations. Direct detection of GWs is of huge international importance and would place Australia at the forefront of the new research field of GW astronomy. The project provides a link between current GW detection experiments and the GW astronomy that will become commonplace with future telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). It will answer important questions in relativistic astrophysics, cosmology and planetary astronomy. The groundwork for SKA science proposed here will demonstrate Australian commitment to the SKA.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $586,530.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomy And Astrophysics | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Applied Statistics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation |

Other Keywords

Applied Statistics | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Astronomy And Astrophysics | Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation

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