Distinguished physicist Susan Scott wants Australia to take its place among global science heavyweights by building a gravity-wave detector.
An internationally renowned physicist is calling for Australia to take its place among the heavyweights of world science by building a cutting-edge gravity wave detector in our backyard.
The appointment is recognition that Scott is a world leader in her field, which has been borne out by her extraordinary work up to and including her contribution in 2015 toPredicted by none other than iconic scientist Albert Einstein as part of his theory of general relativity, the researchers proved that collisions of massive objects like black holes would send ripples out into the fabric of spacetime itself.
The Australian National University professor and her colleagues at OzGrav worked with the US-based LIGO detector for that work, however there are similar detectors in Europe and Japan, and one is being constructed in India. Australia, which is geologically very stable compared to other parts of the world, fits the bill perfectly in that regard, but Scott said it was another prominent fact about our geography that also made Australia an ideal spot for a new detector.
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