Probing ultralight bosons with black holes and gravitational waves

Australia plays a leading role in detecting invisible ripples in spacetime called gravitational waves. These waves are created by massive objects, including black holes. This project could further the search for gravitational waves emitted by clouds of undiscovered particles through cutting-edge techniques in gravitational-wave science. The new knowledge obtained in this project will shed light on the fascinating connection between black holes and particles that constitute the Universe, building the foundation for a new cosmic probe into fundamental physics. Cutting-edge technologies utilised and developed in this project, including optical interferometry, control systems, high-precision measurement, advanced signal processing techniques at low signal-to-noise-ratio regime, are highly beneficial to Australia's space industry. Novel fast signal-tracking techniques developed in this projec