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ARC Centre of Excellence in Antimatter-Matter Studies
Funding: $7m for five years commencing 2005
Research Director: Prof SJ Buckman
Administering Institution: The Australian National University
Collaborating or Contributing Organisations:
The Flinders University of South Australia
Murdoch University
Griffith University
CSIRO - Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology
The University of Western Australia ANSTO
The Open University
The University of California San Diego
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The University of California Davis
Drake University
The University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Tohoku University Japan
The University of Munster
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Antimatter-Matter Studies will develop tools and techniques to lead Australia into a new and exciting area of research in the physical, chemical and biological sciences. Pre-eminent Australian and international scientists will explore antimatter-matter interactions, in fundamental and applied fields, so that Australia maintains an international role in this emerging field. All particles have antiparticles of which the most abundant is the positron, the electron's antiparticle. The positron is the “workshop” for most antimatter studies and we shall use it to characterize nanoscale materials, including gases, polymers, insulators, thin films and surfaces, and to develop novel, nanostructured materials.
For further information about the Centre of Excellence in Anti-Matter-Matter Studies visit their website.
