Enhanced beam injection for Australia's Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility

This Project aims to upgrade the beam injection for Australia's Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility by installing an electrostatic analyser and an ion source to produce negative helium beams. The Project expects to improve ultrasensitive Accelerator Mass Spectrometry measurements and provide helium beams which have a unique role in nuclear science. Expected outcomes include improved isotope tracing in environmental applications, assessment of detectors for dark matter searches, and searches for interstellar particle influx to the Earth, along with new research into the quantum mechanics of nuclei and new astrophysics and medical applications. The upgrade should benefit research and training at the Facility for the next decade and beyond.