Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP180103155

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP180103155

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Putting Einstein to the test: Probing gravity with gravitational waves. This project aims to capitalise on the momentous discovery of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). In 2016, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration announced the first detection of gravitational waves coming from the collision of two massive black holes approximately one billion light years from Earth. The project aims to use proprietary LIGO data, of multiple gravitational-wave observations, to perform unprecedented tests of Einstein's theory of gravity in regions of the Universe where new physics is most likely to occur - at the surfaces of black holes. The project is designed to develop the foundation of gravitational-wave astronomy for the next three-to-five years.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2018

End Date: 26-08-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $238,048.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomical and Space Sciences | General Relativity and Gravitational Waves

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | General Relativity and Gravitational Waves

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