About

We are a joint research facility of the ANU Research School of Physics and ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Research themes

Our research program is broadly divided into four research streams, each with different projects.

Projects

Our projects are directed towards gravitational wave detection, the related area of high precision measurement, and the exploitation of gravitational waves for astronomy.

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16
Jul

Next-generation navigation technology developed in Australia »

CGA researchers, Associate Professor Jong Chow and his team, in partnership with industry will develop, design and manufacture the next-generation of optical gyroscopes for high-precision autonomous navigation in a new $8.7 million project. 
02
Jul

CGA gravitational wave scientists smash quantum noise limits »

Results published 2/7/2020 in the prestigious journal Nature show the standard quantum limit has been breached using squeezed light technology pioneered at the Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics and refined at MIT on the 40kg test masses in the LIGO gravitational wave detectors.