New Windows on Fundamental Physics: from tabletop devices to large scale detectors

Session

Wed Morning II

21 Jan 2026, 11:30

Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture Theatre (University of Manchester)

Conveners

Wed Morning II

• Ruben Saakyan (University of London (GB))

33. QSHS - Quantum Sensors for Hidden Sectors

Ed Daw

21/01/2026, 11:30

11. Quantum Enhanced Sensing of Ultra-Light Dark Matter

Bin Xu (KIAS)

21/01/2026, 12:00

The nature of dark matter (DM) remains one of the most pressing open questions in fundamental physics. Among the viable candidates, ultra-light bosonic dark matter such as axions and dark photons can manifest as coherent, wave-like fields that naturally couple to photons. In this talk, I present quantum-enhanced approaches to detect such signals by exploiting tools from quantum information...