Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory: Dark matter detector development

斯托尔地下物理实验室：暗物质探测器的开发

• 批准号: DP170101675
• 负责人: Prof Gregory Lane
• 金额: $ 29.85万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-09-30 至 2020-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP170101675
• 关键词: Stawell; Underground; Physics; Laboratory; Dark

This project aims to develop ultra-sensitive detector technology essential for SABRE, a Northern and Southern Hemisphere dual-detector experiment. The SABRE facilities operate to directly detect galactic dark matter. Dark matter makes up 23% of the observable universe but the evidence for its existence is indirect. The direct detection of dark matter would be a discovery on par with gravitational waves and the Higgs boson. This project is an opportunity for Australian research to continue to lead the way in the biggest scientific discoveries of the century and provides opportunities for Australian science in numerous fields ranging from biology to fundamental physics.

该项目旨在开发 SABRE（北半球和南半球双探测器实验）所必需的超灵敏探测器技术。 SABRE 设施用于直接探测银河暗物质。暗物质占可观测宇宙的 23%，但其存在的证据是间接的。直接探测暗物质将是与引力波和希格斯玻色子同等的发现。该项目为澳大利亚研究提供了继续引领本世纪最大科学发现的机会，并为澳大利亚科学在从生物学到基础物理学等众多领域提供了机会。