FULL SCALE DETECTOR SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN DARK MATTER EXPERIMENT

Grant number: LE170100162 | Funding period: 2017 - 2019

Completed

Abstract

This project aims to complete a detector system to detect dark matter via nuclear recoil in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL). The Southern Hemisphere location and the ultra-pure crystals are a crucial advantage in the search for dark matter via direct detection. The detector system will provide the sensitivity needed to test the most persistent and enigmatic signal in the world-wide dark matter direct detection search and ensure Australian leadership in this field. The discovery of dark matter is expected to be as important as that of the Higgs boson and gravitational waves.

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Characterization of SABRE crystal NaI-33 with direct underground counting

M Antonello, IJ Arnquist, E Barberio, T Baroncelli, J Benziger, LJ Bignell, I Bolognino, F Calaprice, S Copello, I Dafinei, D D'Angelo, G D'Imperio, M D'Incecco, G Di Carlo, M Diemoz, A Di Giacinto, A Di Ludovico, W Dix, AR Duffy, E Hoppe

2021-04-01

Ultra-pure NaI(Tl) crystals are the key element for a model-independent verification of the long standing DAMA result and a powerf..

The SABRE project and the SABRE Proof-of-Principle

M Antonello, E Barberio, T Baroncelli, J Benziger, LJ Bignell, I Bolognino, F Calaprice, S Copello, D D'Angelo, G D'Imperio, I Dafinei, G Di Carlo, M Diemoz, A Di Ludovico, W Dix, AR Duffy, F Froborg, GK Giovanetti, E Hoppe, A Ianni

2019-04-26

SABRE aims to directly measure the annual modulation of the dark matter interaction rate with NaI(Tl) crystals. A modulation compa..

Monte Carlo simulation of the SABRE PoP background

M Antonello, E Barberio, T Baroncelli, J Benziger, LJ Bignell, I Bolognino, F Calaprice, S Copello, D D'Angelo, G D'Imperio, I Dafinei, G Di Carlo, M Diemoz, A Di Ludovico, AR Duffy, F Froborg, GK Giovanetti, E Hoppe, A Ianni, L Ioannucci

2019-03-01

SABRE (Sodium-iodide with Active Background REjection) is a direct dark matter search experiment based on an array of radio-pure N..