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 particletracks, that will form the basis of a future major underground experiment in Australias Stawell UndergroundPhysics Laboratory. CYGNET will settle the remaining technical questions to pave the way for the future largedetector, which in turn will open new frontiers in the hunt for dark matter and address long-outstanding issues inneutrino physics. CYGNET's neutron detection ability will support innovations for defence and agriculture byopening measurement possibilities inaccessible to conventional instruments. This work will train a highly-skilledworkforce and position Australia as an international leader in particle detection.