ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery

该中心旨在探索引力波的历史性首次探测，以了解黑洞和扭曲时空的极端物理，并激励下一代澳大利亚科学家和工程师。下一代引力波探测器将使探测体积增加1000倍，并导致新的引力波发现，引发引力波天体物理学的新纪元。基于澳大利亚几十年来在引力波和脉冲星科学方面的投资，该中心将把研究活动整合为一个有重点的国家计划，其发现旨在通过实验验证爱因斯坦的广义相对论，并教育公众了解爱因斯坦宇宙的奇观。

This Centre aims to explore the historic first detections of gravitational waves to understand the extreme physics of black holes and warped spacetime, and inspire the next generation of Australian scientists and engineers. The next-generation gravity wave detectors will enable a thousand-fold increase in detection volume and result in the new gravitational wave discoveries, triggering a new era of gravitational wave astrophysics. Building on decades of Australian investment in gravitational wave and pulsar science, this Centre will coalesce research activities into a focussed national programme whose discoveries are intended to experimentally validate Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and educate the public about the wonders of Einstein's Universe.