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Grant Award View - GA276172-V1
Adaptive Optics for Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors
GA ID:
GA276172-V1
Agency:
Australian Research Council
Approval Date:
14-Dec-2022
Variation Publish Date:
28-Feb-2024
Variation Date:
28-Feb-2024
Category:
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research
Grant Term:
3-Jan-2024 to 2-Jan-2025
Value (AUD):
$460,000.00
(GST inclusive where applicable)
Varies:
GA276172
- Adaptive Optics for Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors
One-off/Ad hoc:
No
Aggregate Grant Award:
No
PBS Program Name:
ARC 22/23 Linkage
Grant Program:
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Grant Activity:
Adaptive Optics for Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors
Purpose:
This project will create a full scale facility for testing optical aberration correction schemes for the world's gravitational wave detectors. The optical surfaces in gravitational wave detectors must be controlled to the atomic level to limit the impact of quantum noise and maximize the sensitivity of these extraordinary instruments. The fine tuning of optical surfaces is done using the so-called thermal compensation systems and currently the performance of these systems can only be evaluated once they are installed on a gravitational wave detector. This is severely limiting the optimization of this critical sub-system and hence there is an urgent need for this facility because it will be the only one of its type anywhere on the globe.
GO ID:
GO Title:
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities for funding commencing in 2023
Internal Reference ID:
LE23 Round 1
Selection Process:
Targeted or Restricted Competitive
Confidentiality - Contract:
No
Confidentiality - Outputs:
No
Grant Recipient Details
Recipient Name:
The University of Adelaide
Recipient ABN:
61 249 878 937
Grant Recipient Location
Suburb:
ADELAIDE
Town/City:
ADELAIDE
Postcode:
5000
State/Territory:
SA
Country:
AUSTRALIA
Grant Delivery Location
State/Territory:
SA
Postcode:
5000
Country:
AUSTRALIA