To celebrate Dark Matter Day on October 31, our Centre researchers explain their role in the global search to undersand dark matter.
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In the lead up to Dark Matter Day, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics (CDM) will join forces with CERN Laboratory in Geneva and European Southern Observatory (ESO) Supernova in Germany to give educators the tools to teach their students about dark matter.
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Enjoy vieiwing the highlights of the 2024 National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip.. The photographs were captured by road trippers as they crossed the country, from Queensland, through the Northern Territory, via remote communities, and finishing in Western Australia.
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This year’s science outreach event “Dark Matter in the Pub” was a joint event between the Centre’s Australian National University and The University of Sydney nodes. It took place on two consecutive evenings during National Science Week in August..
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Professor Michael Tobar of The University of Western Australia has been awarded the Harrie Massey Medal and Prize.
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Ayse Kizilersu’s PhD in theoretical physics on "Gauge Theory Constraints on the Fermion-Boson Vertex" was completed in the UK at the Centre for Particle Theory (CPT) in Durham University, which later became the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP).
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Rickson Wielian is an Honours student at the Australian National University.
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A world leader in underground laboratory development was among international guests and Australian dark matter scientists who toured the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory on Wednesday.
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The ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics (CDM) accepts applications for Vacation Studentships from enthusiastic university students with excellent scholastic records who are in the last, or second last, year of their undergraduate or Honours/Masters degree in a relevant field.
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EQUS and CDM held another highly successful National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip in 2024, visiting the Northern Territory and Indigenous schools and communities for the first time.
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Karoline Schäeffner - Max-Planck Research Group leader of the COSINUS Dark Matter Search, Max-Planck Institute for Physics in Garching, Germany
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Professor Tony Gherghetta - University of Minnesota
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Professor Giuliana Fiorillo - University of Naples
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Professor Elena Aprile - Columbia University Centennial Professor of Physics
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Centre members Robert James of The University of Melbourne and Theresa Fruth of The University of Sydney are part of an experiment that has set the tightest limits yet on the properties of dark matter.
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Centre member Ben McAllister was awarded a 2025 ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) for his research to enhance Australian dark matter searches with quantum technology.
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Join the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics and seize the opportunity to work on various aspects of the Australian dark matter direct detection program.
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In the lead up to the National Quantum & Dark Matter Particle Physics orgsniser Ben McAllister spoke to David Astle on ABC Melbourne Evenings.
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In the lead up to the National Quantum & Dark Matter Particle Physics orgsniser Ben McAllister spoke to David Astle on ABC Melbourne Evenings.
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Claudia Tomei is Senior Researcher at INFN - Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (Rome division) and Associate Investigator with CDM.
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