Equipment for research on future gravitational wave detectors

五年前，澳大利亚在首次探测引力波方面发挥了关键作用，开启了一种全新的天文学形式，探测到了宇宙中迄今观察到的最强大的能量爆发。现在探测到的70个引力波信号告诉我们，如果能够提高灵敏度，还有大量的黑洞有待发现。该项目以澳大利亚在测量科学方面的投资为基础，提供了特殊的激光和制冷器，将允许开发革命性的新技术，用于放大引力波信号，并通过操纵声音和光相互作用的方式来降低噪音。

Five years ago Australia played a key role in the first detection of gravitational waves, that opened a brand new form of astronomy and detected the most powerful energy outbursts ever observed in the universe. The 70 gravitational wave signals now detected tell us there is a huge population of black holes to be discovered if sensitivity can be increased. This project builds on Australia’s investments in measurement science by providing special lasers and cryocoolers that will allow development of revolutionary new techniques for amplifying gravitational wave signals and reducing noise by manipulating the ways that sound and light interacts.