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Email

n.bell@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor
School of Physics
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-5805-9828

Prof Nicole Bell

Professor
School of Physics

115 Scholarly works
13 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Dark matter induced nucleon decay through the neutron portal
    DOI: 10.1103/8qfr-v4wx
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Model-independent searches of new physics in DARWIN with deep learning
    DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-15161-2
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The XLZD Design Book: towards the next-generation liquid xenon observatory for dark matter and neutrino physics
    DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14810-w
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Using neutron stars to probe dark matter charged under a Lµ − Lτ symmetry
    DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2025/10/060
  • 2022

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    New Tests of Fundamental Physics & Astrophysics With Atmospheric Neutrinos
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Dark Matter Interactions
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    The Origin of (Dark) Matter
Nicole Bell

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2020
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP)
2020
Nancy Millis Medal Australian Academy of Science
2016
Fellow of the American Physical Society (FAPS)
2012
Future Fellowship Australian Research Council

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Enhancing DUNE's Solar Neutrino Capabilities with Neutral-Current Detection
    DOI: 10.1103/htfm-tbdq
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Neutrinoless double beta decay sensitivity of the XLZD rare event observatory
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6471/adb900
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Neutrino portals to MeV WIMPs with s -channel mediators
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.055020
  • 2024

    Journal article

    New signal of atmospheric tau neutrino appearance: Sub-GeV neutral-current interactions in JUNO
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.109.092006
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Exploring light dark matter with the Migdal effect in hydrogen-doped liquid xenon
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.109.L091902
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Thermalization and annihilation of dark matter in neutron stars
    DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2024/04/006

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Arc Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics (Po Cash)
  • 2020

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Arc Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics

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