OzGrav, through its network of collaborators and partner organisations, has access to world-class facilities and capabilities that enable our research and drive out research translation programme.
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Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is the premier international facility for gravitational-wave research. The "observatory" is made up of four distinct facilities across the United States: two gravitational wave detectors (the interferometers) and two university research centers.
The interferometers are separated by 3,002 km (1,865 miles), with LIGO Hanford based in the state of Washington and LIGO Livingston, based in the state of Louisiana. The two primary research centers are located at The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California, and The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
Australian High Optical Power Gravitational Wave Research Facility
OzGrav's UWA node operates the Australian High Optical Power Gravitational Wave Research Facility at Gingin in Western Australia. The facility was built in collaboration between Australian Consortium for Gravitational Wave Astronomy (ACIGA) and the LIGO consortium, and is used primarily for developing gravitational wave instrumentation.
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Gravity Discovery Centre
OzGrav researchers work closely with the Gravity Discovery Centre, also located in Gingin. OzGrav researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Gravity Discovery Centre are leading the Einstein-First education project. The goal of which is to develop education programmes focussed on Einsteinian Physics.
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Swinburne OzSTAR Supercomputing Facility
Detection of gravitational waves demands supercomputing and advanced signal processing. Swinburne University of Technology operates a national supercomputing facility, a hybrid CPU-GPU system on which we conduct simulations ranging from stellar to cosmological scales and process observational data. Swinburne will also host the headquarters of a new Gravitational Wave Data Centre that will make use of OzSTAR.
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CSIRO Parkes 64m Radio Telescope
Australia’s Parkes 64m Radio Telescope ("The Dish") provides unique access to the rich Southern skies and enabled the Australian pulsar community to thrive. OzGrav researchers use this facility for Pulsar Timing research.
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