Construction of SABRE, Australia's first full-scale dark matter detector

澳大利亚第一个全尺寸暗物质探测器 SABRE 的建造

• 批准号: LE190100196
• 负责人: Prof Gregory Lane
• 金额: $ 71.97万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2019-08-07 至 2022-08-06
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE190100196
• 关键词: Construction; SABRE; Australia; first; full

This project aims to complete the SABRE South dark matter detector with the most radio-pure sodium-iodide crystals installed in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory. Existing evidence for dark matter is indirect, but the southern hemisphere location and operation, in conjunction with a similar detector in Italy, provides crucial advantages for resolving a dark matter signal from seasonal backgrounds. The expected outcome is to search for dark matter from 2019-2022 and, in doing so, resolve whether one of the most persistent and enigmatic signals for dark matter is real. The benefits will include scientific understanding of the universe, Australian leadership in big science, and significant technological advances. The discovery of dark matter would have an immense impact, similar to that involving the detection of the Higgs boson and gravitational waves.

该项目旨在完成SABRE南部暗物质探测器，其中安装了斯塔韦尔地下物理实验室中最纯的放射性碘化钠晶体。暗物质的现有证据是间接的，但南半球的位置和操作，与意大利的类似探测器相结合，为解决季节背景中的暗物质信号提供了至关重要的优势。预期的结果是从2019年到2022年寻找暗物质，并在此过程中解决暗物质最持久和最神秘的信号之一是否是真实的。这些好处将包括对宇宙的科学理解，澳大利亚在大科学方面的领导地位以及重大的技术进步。暗物质的发现将产生巨大的影响，类似于希格斯玻色子和引力波的探测。