Atomic clocks, space-time variation of fundamental constants, violation of fundamental symmetries and tests of unification theories

该项目将帮助澳大利亚成为现代科学重要领域的领导者之一：统一所有物理力和宇宙学的理论测试，寻找自然基本力的变化以及制造超精确的原子钟。原子钟用于所有导航系统（当前的GPS和未来的伽利略）和许多其他重要应用。学生和研究人员的培训与丰富的国际合作计划相结合，将确保澳大利亚能够为即将到来的物理学和宇宙学革命做好准备。

The project will help to establish Australia among the leaders in important areas of modern science: tests of theories unifying all physical forces and cosmology, search for variation of the fundamental forces of Nature and making super precise atomic clocks. The atomic clocks are used in all navigation (current GPS and future Galileo) systems and many other important applications. The training of students and researchers combined with a rich international collaborative program will insure that Australia is well placed to prepare for the approaching revolution in physics and cosmology.