Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics ANU
The ANU Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics (CGA) was founded to build a world-leading role for Australia in the science and technology of gravitational wave sources.
The centre strategically unifies the ongoing research at ANU Research School of Physics and ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The centre operates world-class facilities and collaborates with observatories and gravitational wave detectors that have a long history of research and technical activity at the forefront of astronomy and astrophysics. CGA researchers have contributed to detection of gravitational waves, and continuous improvement of sensitivity of the LIGO detectors. Active fields of research at CGA span instrumentation, theory, data analysis, source follow-up and multi-messenger astronomy.
CGA has been a key component of two Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence, OzGrav (Gravitation Wave Discovery) and EQUS.
The Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics research program is broadly divided into five research streams:
- Applied metrology
- Gravitational wave detection
- Gravitational wave electromagnetic follow-up
- Gravitational wave theory and data analysis
- Space technology
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The Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics (CGA) is a joint research facility of the ANU Research School of Physics and ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. See the lab link for contact details.