Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190103123

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP190103123

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Measuring critical background in the Australian search for dark matter. This project aims to develop ultra-sensitive detector technology essential for SABRE, a world-wide experiment with detectors in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres which are operated together to directly detect the dark matter halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Dark matter makes up nearly five times more mass in the universe than everything we can see, yet it has never been detected in the laboratory. SABRE South will be installed in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory in a goldmine in Victoria, Australia. Dark matter is not the only thing SABRE can detect. The project will measure all possible types of naturally occurring radiation, from space, the surrounding rock, and the detectors themselves, that can blind SABRE to dark matter.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2019

End Date: 30-06-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $430,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified | Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics | Particle Physics | Nuclear Physics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified | Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Nuclear Physics | Particle Physics

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