FREQUENTLY USED ACRONYMS​

  • AAT – Anglo-Australian Telescope
  • AdV – Advanced Virgo
  • aLIGO – Advanced LIGO
  • ARC – Australian Research Council
  • BBH – Binary Black Hole
  • BHBH – Black Hole-Black Hole system
  • BNS – Binary Neutron Star
  • CBC – Compact Binary Coalescence
  • CE – Cosmic Explorer
  • CoE – Centre of Excellence
  • DWF – Deeper, Wider, Faster
  • EM – Electromagnetic
  • ET – Einstein Telescope
  • FRB – Fast Radio Burst
  • GR – General Relativity
  • GRACE FO – The Gravity and Climate Experiment Follow On
  • GRB – Gamma-Ray Burst
  • GWIC 3G – The Gravitational Wave International Committee Third Generation
  • GWOSC – Gravitational Wave Open Science Center
  • IMBH – Intermediate Mass Black Hole
  • IPTA – International Pulsar Timing Array
  • LI – Liquid Instrument Pty Ltd
  • LIDAR – Light Detection and Ranging
  • LIGO – Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
  • LISA –  Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
  • LMXB –  low-mass X-ray binary
  • LSC – LIGO Scientific Collaboration
  • LVK – LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration
  • ML – Machine Learning
  • MMA – Multi-messenger astronomy
  • MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
  • NSBH – Neutron Star-Black Hole system
  • NSNS – Neutron Star-Neutron Star system
  • O1, O2 etc – Observation Run 1, 2 etc
  • PPTA – Parkes Pulsar Timing Array
  • PST – Pulsar Timing Sub-element
  • PTA – Pulsar Timing Array
  • PWT – Parameter Waveform Table
  • SKA – Square Kilometre Array
  • SNR – Signal-to-Noise Ratio
  • TDI –  time delay interferometry
  • TORPEDO –  TORsion PEndulum Dual Oscillator I
  • VR – Virtual Reality