PIKIMO 18, University of Kentucky, 19 April 2025

Session

Afternoon keynote

19 Apr 2025, 13:30

153 (Chemistry Physics (CP) Building )

Conveners

Afternoon keynote: Timothy Kovachy (Northwestern University)

• Susan Gardner (University of Kentucky)

10. New Tools for Dark Matter and Gravitational Wave Detection: Cryogenic Optical Resonators and Long-Baseline Atom Interferometers

Timothy Kovachy

19/04/2025, 13:30

Abstract: The search for dark matter and for new sources of gravitational waves offers potentially revolutionary opportunities to learn about the fundamental properties of the Universe. Strong astrophysical evidence indicates that dark matter makes up most of the matter in the Universe, yet its nature remains a great mystery. The detection of gravitational waves in currently unexplored...