Scientists will mark a major milestone in the search for dark matter when they place the first major scientific equipment 1km underground in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL).
Read MorePhD candidate Guangyong FU had an unusual introduction to Australia, undertaking two weeks’ hotel quarantine when he arrived in Melbourne from China.
Read MoreA team of international experts will descend on Sydney today to help chart a new direction for dark matter research.
Read MoreThe only deep-underground physics laboratory in the Southern Hemisphere is getting a very cool new toy—a fridge that cools things to temperatures 300 times colder than outer space.
Read MoreCentre member Zuzana Slavkovska of Australian National University spoke on ABC Canberra about her role in the search for dark matter.
Read MoreTo mark Dark Matter Day 2023, Centre member Ben McAllister, of Swinburne University of Technology and The University of Western Australia, spoke to Raf Epstein on ABC Melbourne.
Read MoreScientists have received the first transmissions from a muon detector placed 1km underground in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory.
Read MoreA combination of passion and pragmatism drive the career direction of postdoctoral researcher Jeremy Bourhill.
Read MoreCentre PhD candidate Grace Lawrence was awarded the Royal Society of Victoria prize for Physical Sciences on Friday.
Read MorePhD candidate Guangyong FU had an unusual introduction to Australia, undertaking two weeks’ hotel quarantine when he arrived in Melbourne from China.
Read MoreCentre researchers Elisabetta Barberio and Madeleine Zurowski participated in the ABC Catalyst The Dark Side of the Universe episode.
Read MoreMembers of the CYGNUS-Oz collaboration have received a funding injection of more than $90,000 that will enable the Australian team to play a pivotal role in the international quest to develop directional dark matter detectors.
Read MoreThe key features of a WIMP are that they are relatively heavy (with a mass anywhere from the mass of a proton to the mass of a heavy nucleus) and interact only feebly with ordinary matter.
Read MoreAs Centre Director, Professor Barberio will be responsible for the Centre’s overall strategic direction and operations, with advice from the relevant Centre committees.
Read MoreProfessor Alan Duffy is an experienced computational astrophysicist, running large-scale supercomputer simulations to test the growth of dark matter structures.
Read MoreProfessor Gregory Lane is an internationally recognised leader in nuclear structure physics, especially using the techniques of time-correlated gamma ray and electron spectroscopy for investigations of exotic nuclei.
Read MoreProfessor Andrew Stuchbery is widely regarded for innovation of experimental techniques to measure electromagnetic moments in radioactive nuclei.
Read MoreWith 35 years’ experience in Australia’s high-energy physics program- including 20 years at the forefront of Australia’s involvement with CERN- Professor Taylor will lend his expertise to the Direct Detection and LHC/ATLAS search aspects of the Centre’s work.
Read MoreProfessor Anthony Thomas has extensive experience in both nuclear and particle theory, with significant publications related to the detection of dark matter.
Read MoreMichael E. Tobar is currently a Professor of Physics at the University of Western Australia School of Physics. Notably, between 2009 and 2014, he was awarded a Laureate Fellowship by the Australian Research Council.
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