Speaker
Jamie McDonald
(University of Manchester)
Description
Axions are now one of the best motivated candidates for physics beyond the standard model. Cavity haloscopes search for these particles by converting them into microwaves in strong laboratory magnetic fields. I will give an overview of cavity searches for the QCD axion taking place at the University of Manchester in 26 - 40 GHz. I will also describe recently demonstrated quantum-noise limited amplifiers and outline our future plans for upscaling the detector to boost sensitivity.
Author
Jamie McDonald
(University of Manchester)
Co-authors
Babak Mohammadian
Edward Smith
(University Of Manchester)
Elena Gramellini
(Fermilab)
Lucio Piccirillo
Prof.
Mark Lancaster
(University of Manchester)
Mark McCulloch
Matthew Millns
Richard Battye
Valerio Gilles