A recoil imaging detector module for directional particle physics. This proposal seeks to build a highly advanced detector, called CYGNET, capable of imaging low-energy particle tracks, that will form

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A recoil imaging detector module for directional particle physics. This proposal seeks to build a highly advanced detector, called CYGNET, capable of imaging low-energy particle tracks, that will form the basis of a future major underground experiment in Australia’s Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory. CYGNET will settle the remaining technical questions to pave the way for the future large detector, which in turn will open new frontiers in the hunt for dark matter and address long-outstanding issues in neutrino physics. CYGNET's neutron detection ability will support innovations for defence and agriculture by opening measurement possibilities inaccessible to conventional instruments. This work will train a highly-skilled workforce and position Australia as an international leader in particle detection.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 5107 - Particle and High Energy Physics. Lead: Dr Lindsey Bignell