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The Centre develops the theoretical framework for incorporating results and integrating findings from Direct Detection experiments and Large Hadron Collider searches into a new fundamental theory of Nature; a theory that expands upon the current Standard Model of particle physics.
The Theory Program develops a framework to describe dark matter particles and their interactions, incorporating dark matter into a new fundamental theory of Nature. We inform and help interpret the Centre's experimental results, drive future searches, and foster a strong link between particle and astrophysics.
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Professor Nicole Bell is an international leader in particle and astroparticle physics. She has broad expertise in dark matter phenomenology spanning direct detection, indirect detection, collider searches, astroparticle physics and cosmology.
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A major challenge in the hunt for dark matter is that we don’t know the mass of the dark matter particles that we are trying to detect.
Scientists may be one step closer to unlocking one of the great mysteries of the universe after calculating that neutron stars might hold a key to helping us understand elusive dark matter.
Centre PhD candidate Grace Lawrence was awarded the Royal Society of Victoria prize for Physical Sciences on Friday.
A team of international researchers, led by experts at the University of Adelaide, has uncovered further clues in the quest for insights into the nature of dark matter.
Scientists have developed a new way to detect light dark matter using beam dump experiments, which crash high-energy beams of particles into targets, potentially creating dark matter particles.
Professor Nicole Bell spoke to Cosmos Magazine about neutrinos and dark matter, the known and unknown components of the "hidden universe".
Centre Chief Investigators Nicole Bell (UoM) and Celine Boehm (UoS) were named among Australia’s 50 women at the cutting edge of science in Australia.
About 60 undergraduate and graduate students attended the Canberra International Physics Summer School in January 2023.
Listen to Nicole Bell talk about why she loves her work as the leader of the Dark Matter Centre’s Theory program, why women remain under-represented in physics and the value of pursuing fundamental science.
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