Australian dark matter detector for high mass axions

澳大利亚高质量轴子暗物质探测器

• 批准号: LE180100042
• 负责人: Prof Michael Tobar
• 金额: $ 41.46万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE180100042
• 关键词: Australian; dark; matter; detector; mass

This project aims to provide the necessary equipment to allow an Australian Dark Matter Axion Haloscope, with significantly increased sensitivity by providing a milliKelvin environment and a 14 T magnet to drive axion-to-photon conversions. Dark matter is a fundamental component of the universe yet the nature of its composition is still unknown. There is growing evidence that it is comprised of axions, a low energy, weakly interacting particle. The precision measurement tools developed by this project will have the potential to contribute both to the economy, via commercialisation, and to national security, via future applications to radar, communication and the development of engineered quantum systems.

该项目旨在为澳大利亚暗物质轴子光镜提供必要的设备，通过提供毫开尔文的环境和14t的磁铁来驱动轴子到光子的转换，从而显着提高灵敏度。暗物质是宇宙的基本组成部分，但其组成的性质仍然未知。越来越多的证据表明它是由轴子组成的，轴子是一种低能量、弱相互作用的粒子。该项目开发的精密测量工具将有潜力通过商业化为经济做出贡献，并通过未来在雷达，通信和工程量子系统开发中的应用为国家安全做出贡献。