Full scale detector system for dark matter

全尺寸暗物质探测器系统

• 批准号: LE170100162
• 负责人: Prof Elisabetta Barberio
• 金额: $ 27.67万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-06-15 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE170100162
• 关键词: Full; scale; detector; system; dark

This project aims to complete a detector system to detect dark matter via nuclear recoil in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL). The Southern Hemisphere location and the ultra-pure crystals are a crucial advantage in the search for dark matter via direct detection. The detector system will provide the sensitivity needed to test the most persistent and enigmatic signal in the world-wide dark matter direct detection search and ensure Australian leadership in this field. The discovery of dark matter is expected to be as important as that of the Higgs boson and gravitational waves.

本项目旨在完成一个在Stawell地下物理实验室（SUPL）通过核反冲探测暗物质的探测器系统。南半球的位置和超纯晶体是通过直接探测寻找暗物质的关键优势。该探测器系统将提供测试世界范围内暗物质直接探测搜索中最持久和最神秘信号所需的灵敏度，并确保澳大利亚在该领域的领导地位。暗物质的发现被认为与希格斯玻色子和引力波的发现一样重要。