Extreme astrophysics in the age of gravitational waves

引力波时代的极端天体物理学

• 批准号: FT160100112
• 负责人: A/Prof Paul Lasky
• 金额: $ 45.64万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-06-30 至 2021-11-18
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT160100112
• 关键词: Extreme; astrophysics; age; gravitational; waves

This project aims to probe the most catastrophic explosions in the universe. It will use gravitational wave astronomy to detect an exotic effect that causes space to permanently deform following cataclysmic events, determine the origin of binary black holes by measuring statistical properties of many mergers, and use observations of colliding neutron stars to understand the physics of the biggest explosions in the Universe. This project will lay the framework for the next decade of the new field of gravitational-wave astronomy.

该项目旨在探索宇宙中最具灾难性的爆炸。它将利用引力波天文学来探测一种奇异的效应，这种效应会导致空间在灾难性事件后永久变形，通过测量许多合并的统计特性来确定二元黑洞的起源，并利用对碰撞中子星的观测来了解宇宙中最大爆炸的物理学。该项目将为引力波天文学新领域的下一个十年奠定框架。