Organic neutron detector development for future Nuclear Threat Reduction and Dark Matter experiments

Funder	Science and Technology Facilities Council
Recipient Organization	Queen Mary University of London
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Sep 30, 2021
End Date	Mar 30, 2025
Duration	1,277 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Student; Supervisor
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2646937`

Grant Description

25% of the energy density of the Universe is Dark Matter (DM). Understanding the nature of DM is an STFC priority.

Current and future DM experiments have backgrounds from neutron (n) interactions with matter that mimic DM-nucleon elastic scattering. These backgrounds are controlled using veto systems. This project aims to develop new technology for n-veto systems for future DM experiments. This could have several other scientific and commercial applications.