https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/about-sabre-south daily 1.0 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1698115472038-69RZPSB5MY7P8H2A6H2F/banner_zr_3.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1698115888785-88F7IG50CP4MPMKMOD60/banner_mike_muon_2.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1698119236263-H10H5M43RXQTMD3CQV7E/banner_xtal_module_2.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1698119682875-1C8C6J9YZ4CSIEP9Q0AI/banner_mine_decline_2.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1710996755499-PVBXBDE6L0S7I93633EB/banner_large_muon_installation.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1698120177243-6BI8L75UYP9WGQRLL3UD/banner_zr_close_2.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1712726919572-PJVA7LWO6SZNAK50WYID/banner_supl_people_wide.jpg Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1719469905123-GBEIXQP0ETGYAB818KD0/gas_panel_banner_1.jpg Welcome https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/the-vessel daily 0.75 2022-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623044343500-8CMF84U38OXDHJH46OJP/dm_web_banner.jpg The Vessel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1630050099704-R2YNSIZKOUR7AVYX529S/shield_vessel_xsection_3.png The Vessel - Make it stand out An engineering cutaway of the detector in its shield. The crystal modules (copper-coloured ) hang vertically near the centre of the veto vessel. Lining the interior of the vessel are PMTs (brown globes with yellow bases) angled towards the centre of the vessel. Surrounding the vessel on all sides is a shield composed of sandwiched layers of steel and polyethylene. On top of the shield is a detector for counting muons which enter SUPL from overhead. To access the ports on the top of the vessel, the muon detector and parts of the top shield must be removed. https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/monitoring daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623044343500-8CMF84U38OXDHJH46OJP/dm_web_banner.jpg Monitoring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/3704a822-aca5-4031-9918-5982af7a7b9f/Shanti_paper_Fig_1.jpg Monitoring - Make it stand out Prototype of the slow controls system under test. https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/software daily 0.75 2024-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623044343500-8CMF84U38OXDHJH46OJP/dm_web_banner.jpg Software https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623046626101-MHR7QQ0EDUVL1AJ8L7P2/sabre_south_vessel_sim.jpg Software - Make it stand out Layout of components used for an early simulation in GEANT4. The vessel is in blue, veto PMTs in pink and yellow, with seven crystal modules in the centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1674625433505-GAFN2BK6TARJPKOEREBE/DAQ_test.jpg Software - Make it stand out Elements of the DAQ hardware under test. https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/the-lab daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623044343500-8CMF84U38OXDHJH46OJP/dm_web_banner.jpg The Lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1621387854912-245B5X6ACKEJ36CODBZ5/supl_join_2_small.jpg The Lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1629167808964-MX44PSWSEBRLSGNH1MDA/SUPL_1.jpg The Lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1666684155773-TVOVQL9Z0PG1097H7SS1/supl_opening_2.jpg The Lab https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/dm-why daily 0.75 2021-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623044343500-8CMF84U38OXDHJH46OJP/dm_web_banner.jpg DM : Why? https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/dm-how daily 0.75 2024-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623044343500-8CMF84U38OXDHJH46OJP/dm_web_banner.jpg DM : How? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623038019752-5WBGRGUBWB4R4C8O3NDE/dm_wind_am.jpg DM : How? - Make it stand out The combination of the Earth’s orbit around the sun and the sun’s orbit around the centre of the Galaxy results in an expected annual variation in the flux of DM particles as experienced at the Earth. https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/overview daily 0.75 2024-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623044343500-8CMF84U38OXDHJH46OJP/dm_web_banner.jpg Overview https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/dm-what daily 0.75 2022-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623044343500-8CMF84U38OXDHJH46OJP/dm_web_banner.jpg DM : What? https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/dark-matter-day-2021 daily 0.75 2021-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1627362811394-3FL4ZG97LG5S0OUAI7DF/banner_v3.png Dark Matter Day 2021 https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/3dmt4 daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/3dmt5 daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/3dmt6 daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/contact daily 0.75 2021-10-06 https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/galleries/supl-construction daily 0.75 2021-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1666684155773-TVOVQL9Z0PG1097H7SS1/supl_opening_2.jpg SUPL Construction - SUPL Opening Inside the Experimental Hall at the official opening ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1666684109154-V4MYPKIVIJVQT6E2OG9A/supl_opening_1.jpg SUPL Construction - SUPL Opening Heading into the main Experimental Hall at SUPL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1666683974741-2OAA8L3P22VUXXMCMISZ/supl_opening_decline.jpg SUPL Construction - Down the rabbit hole... The long and winding road down the mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1639034460698-ZQTKEA161SI8YLJ1IKEN/supl_hall_crane_20211206.jpeg SUPL Construction - Main Hall - interior A view in the main Experimental Hall, with the lifting crane overhead (6/12/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1639034460659-F2AR1A77KUO5WBXFJDDV/supl_entrance_20211206.jpeg SUPL Construction - Main entrance Exterior view of the entrance to SUPL (6/12/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1629167808964-MX44PSWSEBRLSGNH1MDA/SUPL_1.jpg SUPL Construction - SUPL Interior During covering of the walls with shotcrete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1621387854893-8BQRBVKWMADIAFIR8YT7/supl_join_1_small.jpg SUPL Construction - Excavations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1621387854912-245B5X6ACKEJ36CODBZ5/supl_join_2_small.jpg SUPL Construction - Excavations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1621387855151-YU2NGWA1X7NE7XO6W2ZU/0E6A5203+copy.jpg SUPL Construction - 1 kilometre down... Inspection of the area within the Stawell gold mine that will one day hold SUPL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623041483035-9C8QO4FWA4YNH2K9JJZI/Duffy_Mould_SUPL.jpg SUPL Construction - Early days at SUPL Jeremy Mould, Alan Duffy and others inspecting the future site of SUPL and SABRE South. https://www.sabre-experiment.org.au/galleries/sabre-south-development daily 0.75 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1770345004228-CM5RVOHNYIYUG67UWXXD/gas_pannel_SUPL_v2.jpg SABRE South Development - January 2026 : gas control panels installed in SUPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1759809137903-SWA9NNX5QL33EBSCQ1FV/xtal_module_glovebox_1.jpg SABRE South Development - September 2025 : crystal module assembly glovebox unpacked in SUPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1759808985941-EPTKDMNM6B9C6OL8P4G7/SUPL_hardware_1.jpg SABRE South Development - August 2025 : crystal module test box, small clean tent, CIS frame, dry box, crystal module assembly glovebox, in SUPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1719292825600-NLC4UPK1FVHWMOIFH5A6/gas_panel_ANU_20240624.jpg SABRE South Development - June 2024 : gas panel wired for testing, ANU https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1714454533124-5ZDSNM33AFGY6RN1CS36/crystal_glovebox_1.png SABRE South Development - April 2024 : crystal glovebox The glovebox, to be used for placing crystals into their enclosures, upon its arrival in Melbourne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1714454429797-2PE88SU522MM81ZPKYMB/gas_panel_1.jpg SABRE South Development - April 2024 : gas panel Some of the control system for the vessel’s gas system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1712728352709-QZRWIYCBMLJ22RE6YFX9/SUPL_wide_people.jpg SABRE South Development - February 2024 : discussions in SUPL A view from the SABRE South end of the main hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1712727434675-1FBALII7CBI1W6FX5SFD/SABRE_South_vessel_assembly_tests_2.jpg SABRE South Development - February 2024 : veto PMT assembly tests, Wantirna Investigating lumirror wrapping of the veto PMT mounts and (dummy) bases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1712727354455-EIIJA4J0KURAEIB7W10Y/SABRE_South_vessel_assembly_tests_1.jpg SABRE South Development - February 2024 : vessel interior tests at Wantirna Removing the vessel’s interior work platform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1707890247187-GCO35P5MQUZ4XFOSDFA6/SBARE_South_vessel_interior_tests_1.jpg SABRE South Development - February 2024 : vessel interior tests at Wantirna A photosphere (cylindrical map) image of the vessel interior during assembly tests at Wantirna. Lumirror sheets, PMT mounts, dummy PMTs and PMT cabling are shown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1706675824737-X5EEH3WBU03EOH0W4PC5/large_muon_installation_team.jpg SABRE South Development - January 2024 : initial installation of the large muon system During installation of the large muon system, in telescope configuration, for measuring muon flux in SUPL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1697603726146-026IPO5O0WFX85ZG9GTF/supl_hall_small_muon_20231011.jpg SABRE South Development - October 2023: SUPL main hall with the small muon system A view from the (eventual) location of SABRE South, back to the main hall entry, with the Small Muon System along one wall of the Germanium Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1697603620888-Z2K40SQN0TP2FV5WPV2F/supl_small_muon_mike_mews_20231011.jpg SABRE South Development - October 2023 : small muon system installed First hardware : installation of the small muon system in the SUPL main hall (October 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1695788834421-FFITIY9LQH8R79VAO451/crystals_zr_3_med.jpg SABRE South Development - Test of NaI crystal zone-refining furnace Testing of the Princeton University-designed zone-refining furnace at Mellen Company, Inc. Zone refining is one process used to reduce impurities in the final crystals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1695788853046-0PX01QN24C59RSUNFPNI/crystals_zr_2_med.jpg SABRE South Development - Test of NaI crystal zone-refining furnace A closer view, showing a furnace module making its way along the ampoule. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1687939977490-IOD3FSAQ6F5H4CC3LHI9/Shanti_paper_Fig_1.jpg SABRE South Development - Prototype slow controls system A prototype of the slow controls (environmental and general hardware monitoring) system under test. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1674625433505-GAFN2BK6TARJPKOEREBE/DAQ_test.jpg SABRE South Development - DAQ system under test Components of the data acquisition system (DAQ) under test at the University of Melbourne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1652159094228-G1IEW9TC3W6VYOUPKLXC/NaI_LNGS_bare.jpg SABRE South Development - NaI test crystal (NaI-35) A test NaI crystal from RMD, before encapsulation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1652159250878-ZP3ZZXK363D5D043R0JG/NaI_LNGS_DarkBox.jpg SABRE South Development - Test crystal in the dark box NaI crystal in the copper dark box at LNGS. The crystal is within the copper cylinder, and PMTs have been attached at each end of the crystal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1652159312826-JQFIFMCPHWMGCHU87IS4/NaI_LNGS_shield.jpg SABRE South Development - Test crystal shield at LNGS The lead (and copper, within) shield around the test crystal’s dark box, at LNGS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1639034871041-00EVO5RV5EGAFR2HWP8I/sabresouth_muon_paddle_unimelb.jpeg SABRE South Development - Muon paddle One of the paddles for the muon detector that will lie above the vessel, at the University of Melbourne. At each end is a photo-multiplier tube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623041513929-DPM94NRDIY3DDJSHUIGR/SABRE+group+people+at+Swinburne+University.jpg SABRE South Development - Wantirna The vessel, with SABRE South staff and SABRE North visitors from INFN, at Swinburne’s Wantirna campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1639035434421-JIDT2C8E9XZZ8JY0CP4J/tb_vessel_tasweld.jpg SABRE South Development - Vessel tests Engineer Tiziano Baroncelli with the vessel, during acceptance tests at Tasweld Engineering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1623121895740-LL21DYXQEC381S5XHPRT/GM_TB_prototype_enclosure.jpg SABRE South Development - Module prototype Engineers Giulia Milana and Tiziano Baroncelli with the crystal module prototype, at ANU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1644890807195-DBW4JT8NYZQBASW27WF5/sabre_south_vessel_annotated.jpg SABRE South Development - Annotated view of vessel and crystal module https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1629167795751-4YQ86MFTS6Y63FE0ZB4X/module_cutaway.png SABRE South Development - Crystal modules 3D render (and cross-section) of copper modules which hold the crystals and photo-mulitplier tubes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1629168735222-ECUJ5EOUT8KRVY92MBHJ/vessel_dimensions.jpg SABRE South Development - Dimensions Cross-section, with dimensions in mm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a46a4157b5c705f287b0c6/1630050099704-R2YNSIZKOUR7AVYX529S/shield_vessel_xsection_3.png SABRE South Development - Cross-section Cross-sectional 3D render of the SABRE South vessel in its shield. 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