Enhancing Australian Dark Matter Searches with Quantum Technology. The nature of dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in the Universe and detecting it would represent an enormous paradigm shift

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Enhancing Australian Dark Matter Searches with Quantum Technology. The nature of dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in the Universe and detecting it would represent an enormous paradigm shift. This research aims to enhance Australia's efforts in dark matter detection by designing new experimental searches for dark matter and developing quantum technologies to improve existing experiments. Future quantum technologies are expected to revolutionise computing, sensing, and other fields. This DECRA will make strides in both areas: extending dark matter detectors into new regimes, and developing new technologies with applications beyond fundamental physics. The potential impacts of dark matter discovery are staggering, and difficult to overstate, and this DECRA will bring it closer to reality.. Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Field: 5107 - Particle and High Energy Physics. Lead: Dr Benjamin McAllister