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Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100492
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$379,020.00
Summary
Real Time Feature Extraction Using the Associative Memory at the Science Frontier. The identity of the Higgs boson is the most urgent question in the search for a mass generation mechanism of fundamental particles. This project will pin down essential properties of the Higgs boson by expanding the Large Hadron Collider's physics reach by developing a novel triggering technique called a 'fast tracker', which is based on the exploitation of a new electronics device called 'Associative Memory'. Thi ....Real Time Feature Extraction Using the Associative Memory at the Science Frontier. The identity of the Higgs boson is the most urgent question in the search for a mass generation mechanism of fundamental particles. This project will pin down essential properties of the Higgs boson by expanding the Large Hadron Collider's physics reach by developing a novel triggering technique called a 'fast tracker', which is based on the exploitation of a new electronics device called 'Associative Memory'. This project will also pioneer the implementation of an innovative vision model on the electronics device which will lead to a breakthrough in the study of vision algorithms and a paradigm shift in the development of real time feature extraction systems at the frontiers of science.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120100399
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Are the laws of physics changing? New methods for detecting variations in the fundamental constants. This project will identify new methods whereby scientists are much more likely to discover whether the fundamental constants of nature, such as the speed of light, are changing with time. This will help answer deep questions about whether there are extra dimensions beyond our three, the nature of dark energy, and whether string theory is correct.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100098
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$403,536.00
Summary
Can positronium fragment complex molecules? This project aims to explore whether positronium, which is produced in the body during positron emission tomography (PET), can damage DNA. PET scans are used to locate cancer. Positrons produce positronium, a matter-antimatter bound state, in the body during a PET scan. It is known that electrons can damage DNA by forming a transient negative ion that fragments DNA building blocks and it is suggested that positronium could damage DNA in the same way. T ....Can positronium fragment complex molecules? This project aims to explore whether positronium, which is produced in the body during positron emission tomography (PET), can damage DNA. PET scans are used to locate cancer. Positrons produce positronium, a matter-antimatter bound state, in the body during a PET scan. It is known that electrons can damage DNA by forming a transient negative ion that fragments DNA building blocks and it is suggested that positronium could damage DNA in the same way. This work will explore fragmentation of DNA nucleobases by positronium impact. The results of this work may contribute to new models of PET use.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170101024
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$360,000.00
Summary
How antimatter and matter solvates in liquids. This project aims to improve solvation in transport calculations and polar liquids. Solvation, the process of a particle becoming trapped in a liquid, is important in Positron Emission Tomography medical imaging. However, this application can only be described through particle transport simulation, which cannot address solvation. Modelling the dynamical solvation process of the electron and the positron, its antimatter counterpart, is expected to en ....How antimatter and matter solvates in liquids. This project aims to improve solvation in transport calculations and polar liquids. Solvation, the process of a particle becoming trapped in a liquid, is important in Positron Emission Tomography medical imaging. However, this application can only be described through particle transport simulation, which cannot address solvation. Modelling the dynamical solvation process of the electron and the positron, its antimatter counterpart, is expected to enable accurate simulation of medical imaging, acquiring the greatest amount of information for the smallest dosage of radiation to the patient allowing for lower patient radiation doses and more informative scans.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100784
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$395,220.00
Summary
Breaking through the barrier: a new approach to understanding quantum tunneling in nuclear fusion. Experiments have shown major failings of our best predictive model of nuclear fusion. This project will address these failings through a multifaceted research program which will develop and benchmark an enhanced quantum model and test for missing physics by conducting precision fusion measurements for carefully chosen reactions. This project will develop a new technique that exploits fission follow ....Breaking through the barrier: a new approach to understanding quantum tunneling in nuclear fusion. Experiments have shown major failings of our best predictive model of nuclear fusion. This project will address these failings through a multifaceted research program which will develop and benchmark an enhanced quantum model and test for missing physics by conducting precision fusion measurements for carefully chosen reactions. This project will develop a new technique that exploits fission following fusion to directly probe physical processes inside the fusion barrier, which are missing from current models. This integrated approach to fusion will allow us to better predict fusion cross sections, create new elements and exploit radioactive ion beams at new international facilities.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100867
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$395,220.00
Summary
Studying the thermodynamics of the quark-gluon plasma at finite temperature and density using lattice techniques. The quark-gluon plasma, a new state of matter consisting of quarks and gluons, is currently the subject of intensive investigation. A striking feature of the results is that the quark-gluon plasma is the most perfect fluid known to mankind. Calculating its 'fluid-like' properties, called the transport properties, theoretically, remains one of the central challenges of the field due t ....Studying the thermodynamics of the quark-gluon plasma at finite temperature and density using lattice techniques. The quark-gluon plasma, a new state of matter consisting of quarks and gluons, is currently the subject of intensive investigation. A striking feature of the results is that the quark-gluon plasma is the most perfect fluid known to mankind. Calculating its 'fluid-like' properties, called the transport properties, theoretically, remains one of the central challenges of the field due to several technical difficulties. This project aims to perform a first ever computation of these properties using Australian supercomputers.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120101187
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Adapting industrial plasma-processing chemistries through electron collisions to meet emerging technological and environmental requirements. This project involves performing experimental measurements to determine how low-energy electrons interact with highly reactive species, namely free radicals. These interactions play important roles in many industrial applications relating to the manufacture of materials.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE130101628
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$360,000.00
Summary
Efficient high-order harmonic generation using dissociating molecular ions with controlled inter-nuclear separation. This project aims to use extremly short laser pulses to generate strong coherent light of attosecond duration. We expect to produce more attosecond XUV light with the same pump energy by using inter-nuclear distance controlled molecules as generating medium.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150100666
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$373,536.00
Summary
Quantum metrology with strongly correlated Rydberg gases. The project aims to make the world's most sensitive measurement of high-frequency electric fields, and demonstrate the first quantum-enhanced electric field measurement. It will use quantum entanglement and Rydberg atoms, excited to the very edge of the classical/quantum divide, to reach record sensitivities for fields associated with next generation ultrafast electronic, communication and radar devices. The project aims to build on the e ....Quantum metrology with strongly correlated Rydberg gases. The project aims to make the world's most sensitive measurement of high-frequency electric fields, and demonstrate the first quantum-enhanced electric field measurement. It will use quantum entanglement and Rydberg atoms, excited to the very edge of the classical/quantum divide, to reach record sensitivities for fields associated with next generation ultrafast electronic, communication and radar devices. The project aims to build on the existing Australian research strengths in photonics, atomic physics and quantum sensing, with the potential to provide a disruptive technological breakthrough in the measurement of ultra-high-frequency electric fields, and establish a high profile research effort in the field of strongly correlated quantum gases.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120102942
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
The general Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in magnetohydrodynamics. Fluid dynamic instabilities limit the chance of inertial confinement fusion, a carbon-free process, achieving net energy production. In highly idealised circumstances it has been shown that one of these instabilities can be suppressed by a magnetic field, a phenomenon that this project will investigate in the general case.