From dark matter to atomic physics. Very little is known about dark matter except that it is present in our Universe in abundance. The project aims to guide the search for dark matter particles (and study related phenomena, for example, baryogenesis). The guiding idea is that these particles interact, albeit weakly, with atoms and hence are able to ionise them, which is a detectable process.
Many-body phenomena in atomic and subatomic physics. The project proposes research in the following areas: search for Dark Matter and Dark Energy using atomic experiments; an enhancement mechanism of baryogenesis based on the new class of gauge theory solutions; new quantum effects in strong gravitational fields and phenomena in non-black hole metric, which reproduce some properties of black holes; new phenomena in strong laser fields, which can help constructing high-frequency lasers; exchange- ....Many-body phenomena in atomic and subatomic physics. The project proposes research in the following areas: search for Dark Matter and Dark Energy using atomic experiments; an enhancement mechanism of baryogenesis based on the new class of gauge theory solutions; new quantum effects in strong gravitational fields and phenomena in non-black hole metric, which reproduce some properties of black holes; new phenomena in strong laser fields, which can help constructing high-frequency lasers; exchange-assisted tunneling; and, chaos-induced boost of electron recombination, charge transfer and weak interactions. The results based on proposed ideas will guide laboratory and astrophysical studies, help verify cosmological models and Unification theories.Read moreRead less
Atomic theory and search for new elementary particles. This project aims to propose new enhanced effects of hypothetical dark matter particles in atomic and astrophysical phenomena, perform calculations, and motivate new experiments with a higher sensitivity to these particles. The mass of dark matter in the Universe is five times that of ordinary matter, yet its nature is still unknown. This project also aims to improve calculations of the effects of dark matter searched for in underground labo ....Atomic theory and search for new elementary particles. This project aims to propose new enhanced effects of hypothetical dark matter particles in atomic and astrophysical phenomena, perform calculations, and motivate new experiments with a higher sensitivity to these particles. The mass of dark matter in the Universe is five times that of ordinary matter, yet its nature is still unknown. This project also aims to improve calculations of the effects of dark matter searched for in underground laboratories including the Australian Stawell laboratory. Relativistic and many-body effects may change the results by orders of magnitude, and proper account of them is important. This may be achieved using our computer codes for high-precision relativistic atomic many-body calculations.Read moreRead less
Manifestations of unification theories in atomic phenomena. The project aims to contribute to both fundamental science and its applications. The project proposes new ideas, methods and calculations to test unification theories using effects of violation of the fundamental symmetries P, T, Lorentz symmetry and the equivalence principle in atomic and molecular phenomena, and to search for space-time variation of the fundamental constants across the Universe using both astrophysical observations an ....Manifestations of unification theories in atomic phenomena. The project aims to contribute to both fundamental science and its applications. The project proposes new ideas, methods and calculations to test unification theories using effects of violation of the fundamental symmetries P, T, Lorentz symmetry and the equivalence principle in atomic and molecular phenomena, and to search for space-time variation of the fundamental constants across the Universe using both astrophysical observations and laboratory experiments. The outcomes of this project may lead to the proposal of new atomic, nuclear and molecular clocks and the calculations needed to estimate and improve the accuracy of these clocks.Read moreRead less
Virtual colliders: high-accuracy models for high energy physics. This project will create an advanced and general model of high-energy processes, focusing on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. New analytical and numerical solutions will be developed and combined to reach unprecedented accuracy and detail. This will clarify important phenomenological questions in the Standard Model and will enable more precise searches for deviations from it (new physics). A publicly available numerical code will ....Virtual colliders: high-accuracy models for high energy physics. This project will create an advanced and general model of high-energy processes, focusing on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. New analytical and numerical solutions will be developed and combined to reach unprecedented accuracy and detail. This will clarify important phenomenological questions in the Standard Model and will enable more precise searches for deviations from it (new physics). A publicly available numerical code will be produced, with a large number of applications. These include, for instance, precision extraction of fundamental parameters and improved absolute calibrations of experimental measurements, explicit theoretical modelling of new physics phenomena, and optimisation of detector design and analysis strategies.Read moreRead less
Quest for dark matter and new phenomena at the energy frontier. This project aims to develop technologies and techniques to detect dark matter. Particle physics research seeks to understand the universe at its most fundamental level. The Higgs boson discovery confirmed the Standard Model of particle physics, but many fundamental questions about the microscopic nature of the universe remain. The universe predominantly consists of dark matter, which the particles within the Standard Model do not e ....Quest for dark matter and new phenomena at the energy frontier. This project aims to develop technologies and techniques to detect dark matter. Particle physics research seeks to understand the universe at its most fundamental level. The Higgs boson discovery confirmed the Standard Model of particle physics, but many fundamental questions about the microscopic nature of the universe remain. The universe predominantly consists of dark matter, which the particles within the Standard Model do not explain. The Large Hadron Collider and Australia’s SABRE provide a huge opportunity to discover physics processes by enabling searches for new particles at the high-energy frontier and the direct detection of dark matter.Read moreRead less
Probing the structure of exotic mesons, at the Large Hadron Collider and beyond. Unexpected new particles, outside the bounds of current textbooks, present one of the most interesting puzzles in physics. This project will search for more of these particles at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and at new facilities in Japan and Germany that will change particle physics in the coming decade.
A fast readout for new physics discovery at the Large Hadron Collider. This project aims to explore fundamental physics by developing new technologies to exploit data readout and analysis techniques. With the discovery of the Higgs boson, the focus of high energy physics has progressed to answering fundamental questions of what forces and particles may lie beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The upgraded Large Hadron Collider provides a unique environment to discover new physics proce ....A fast readout for new physics discovery at the Large Hadron Collider. This project aims to explore fundamental physics by developing new technologies to exploit data readout and analysis techniques. With the discovery of the Higgs boson, the focus of high energy physics has progressed to answering fundamental questions of what forces and particles may lie beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The upgraded Large Hadron Collider provides a unique environment to discover new physics processes by enabling searches at the highest energies and masses ever achieved to directly produce new particles. The project expects to enhance fundamental physics and interdisciplinary research in industry and academia.Read moreRead less
Emergent phenomena in quantum chromodynamics. This project aims to understand the transition from quarks and gluons (partons) to hadrons in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). It will develop and combine a treatment of quantum corrections to high-energy processes with a revised picture of how colour strings break up into hadrons. This Project will shed new light on fundamental questions of the strong nuclear force. It will improve the precision and efficiency of the leading open-source particle-physic ....Emergent phenomena in quantum chromodynamics. This project aims to understand the transition from quarks and gluons (partons) to hadrons in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). It will develop and combine a treatment of quantum corrections to high-energy processes with a revised picture of how colour strings break up into hadrons. This Project will shed new light on fundamental questions of the strong nuclear force. It will improve the precision and efficiency of the leading open-source particle-physics code, and bring them to bear on particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, increasing its potential for accurate measurements and new discoveries. It will lead to a better understanding of the complex emergent dynamics in QCD and an open-source code with broad applications, including significantly more reliable calculations of numerous high-energy processes.Read moreRead less