Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics
from
Tuesday 16 October 2018 (09:00)
to
Wednesday 17 October 2018 (19:15)
Monday 15 October 2018
Tuesday 16 October 2018
09:00
Welcome & Purpose of Meeting
-
Ian Shipsey
(
University of Oxford (GB)
)
Welcome & Purpose of Meeting
Ian Shipsey
(
University of Oxford (GB)
)
09:00 - 09:15
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
09:15
Scientific Motivation Overview
-
Giovanni Villadoro
(
Abdus Salam Int. Cent. Theor. Phys. (IT)
)
Scientific Motivation Overview
Giovanni Villadoro
(
Abdus Salam Int. Cent. Theor. Phys. (IT)
)
09:15 - 10:00
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:00
Quantum Features Exploitable in Table Top Fundamental Physics (incl.Superposition, Entanglement, Squeezing Back Action Evasion & more)
-
Sougato Bose
(
UCL
)
Quantum Features Exploitable in Table Top Fundamental Physics (incl.Superposition, Entanglement, Squeezing Back Action Evasion & more)
Sougato Bose
(
UCL
)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:45
Coffee
Coffee
10:45 - 11:15
11:15
Photon-Number-Resolving Imagers and Detectors Based on Superconducting Nanowire
-
Karl berggren
(
MIT
)
Photon-Number-Resolving Imagers and Detectors Based on Superconducting Nanowire
Karl berggren
(
MIT
)
11:15 - 12:00
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:00
UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Metrology
-
Kai Bongs
(
U. Birmingham & NQHSM
)
UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Metrology
Kai Bongs
(
U. Birmingham & NQHSM
)
12:00 - 12:45
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:45
Extra Discussion
Extra Discussion
12:45 - 13:00
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 13:50
14:00
Low Energy Tests of the Standard Model
-
Gerald Gabrielse
(
Harvard University
)
Gerald Gabrielse
(
Harvard University (US)
)
Low Energy Tests of the Standard Model
Gerald Gabrielse
(
Harvard University
)
Gerald Gabrielse
(
Harvard University (US)
)
14:00 - 14:45
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
14:45
Atom Interferometry
-
Jason Hogan
(
Stanford
)
Atom Interferometry
Jason Hogan
(
Stanford
)
14:45 - 15:30
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
15:30
Coffee
Coffee
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Trapped Ions, Atomic clocks, fundamental constants.
-
David Hume
(
NIST
)
Trapped Ions, Atomic clocks, fundamental constants.
David Hume
(
NIST
)
16:00 - 16:45
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
16:45
Magnetic Resonance and Atomic Clocks
-
Yevgeny Stadnik
(
Mainz
)
Magnetic Resonance and Atomic Clocks
Yevgeny Stadnik
(
Mainz
)
16:45 - 17:30
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
17:30
Harnessing quantum technologies in the search for dark matter
-
Konrad Lehnert
(
JILA
)
Harnessing quantum technologies in the search for dark matter
Konrad Lehnert
(
JILA
)
17:30 - 18:15
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
18:15
The FNAL Quantum Program
-
Panagiotis Spentzouris
(
Fermilab
)
The FNAL Quantum Program
Panagiotis Spentzouris
(
Fermilab
)
18:15 - 19:00
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
19:00
Dinner (self-organized)
Dinner (self-organized)
19:00 - 20:00
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
Wednesday 17 October 2018
09:00
Precision experiments with phonons, photons and spins to test Lorentz Invariance and to Detect Dark Matter and High Frequency Gravitational Waves
-
Michael Tobar
(
U Western Australia
)
Precision experiments with phonons, photons and spins to test Lorentz Invariance and to Detect Dark Matter and High Frequency Gravitational Waves
Michael Tobar
(
U Western Australia
)
09:00 - 09:35
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
09:35
National Physical Laboratory Program in Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics
-
Patrick Gill
(
NPL
)
National Physical Laboratory Program in Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics
Patrick Gill
(
NPL
)
09:35 - 10:10
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:10
The Quantum Programme (Liam Blackwell EPSRC) The SPF EoI themes (Jason Green STFC)
The Quantum Programme (Liam Blackwell EPSRC) The SPF EoI themes (Jason Green STFC)
10:10 - 10:50
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:50
Coffee
Coffee
10:50 - 11:10
11:10
Ion Traps 1
-
David Lucas
(
Oxford
)
Ion Traps 1
David Lucas
(
Oxford
)
11:10 - 11:35
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
11:35
beyond-Standard-Model physics with ion trap type methods
-
Andrew Steane
(
Oxford
)
beyond-Standard-Model physics with ion trap type methods
Andrew Steane
(
Oxford
)
11:35 - 11:55
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
11:55
alpha-dot measurement with an ion Trap
-
Rachel Godun
(
NPL
)
alpha-dot measurement with an ion Trap
Rachel Godun
(
NPL
)
11:55 - 12:15
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:15
Quantum Senors Programme at Cambridge
-
Stafford Withington
(
Cambridge
)
Quantum Senors Programme at Cambridge
Stafford Withington
(
Cambridge
)
12:15 - 12:35
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:35
Quantum Techniques in Advanced Laser Interferometric Gravity Wave Detectors
-
Haixing Miao
(
U. Birmigham
)
Quantum Techniques in Advanced Laser Interferometric Gravity Wave Detectors
Haixing Miao
(
U. Birmigham
)
12:35 - 12:55
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:55
Lunch
Lunch
12:55 - 13:45
13:45
Atom Interferometry in the UK & MAGIS-100
-
Jon Coleman
(
University of Liverpool
)
Atom Interferometry in the UK & MAGIS-100
Jon Coleman
(
University of Liverpool
)
13:45 - 14:10
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
14:10
The Atom Interferometer Obsrevatory Network
-
Oliver Buchmuller
(
Imperial College (GB)
)
The Atom Interferometer Obsrevatory Network
Oliver Buchmuller
(
Imperial College (GB)
)
14:10 - 14:25
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
14:25
Levitated quantum optomechanics for fundamental physics
-
Peter Barker
(
UCL
)
Levitated quantum optomechanics for fundamental physics
Peter Barker
(
UCL
)
14:25 - 14:45
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
14:45
tabletop quantum sensing experiments with NV centres in diamond including with levitated nanodiamond
-
Gavin Morley
(
Warwick
)
tabletop quantum sensing experiments with NV centres in diamond including with levitated nanodiamond
Gavin Morley
(
Warwick
)
14:45 - 15:10
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
15:10
Quantum Behavior of Mechanical Structures and the application to fundamental physics
-
Michael Vanner
(
Imperial
)
Quantum Behavior of Mechanical Structures and the application to fundamental physics
Michael Vanner
(
Imperial
)
15:10 - 15:35
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
15:35
Coffee
-
Stig Topp-Jorgenson
Coffee
Stig Topp-Jorgenson
15:35 - 15:55
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
15:55
Resonant searches for Axions and other ultralight dark matter
-
Edward Daw
(
The University of Sheffield
)
Resonant searches for Axions and other ultralight dark matter
Edward Daw
(
The University of Sheffield
)
15:55 - 16:25
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
16:25
Super Conducting Qubits
-
Peter Leek
Super Conducting Qubits
Peter Leek
16:25 - 16:55
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
16:55
Exploring ultra light to sub-MeV dark matter with atomic clocks and co-magnetometers
-
Diego Blas Temino
(
CERN
)
Exploring ultra light to sub-MeV dark matter with atomic clocks and co-magnetometers
Diego Blas Temino
(
CERN
)
16:55 - 17:10
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
17:10
quantum simulators of fundamental physics
-
Silke Weinfurtner
(
Nottingham
)
quantum simulators of fundamental physics
Silke Weinfurtner
(
Nottingham
)
17:10 - 17:25
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
17:25
Town Hall
Town Hall
17:25 - 18:25
Room: Bernard Sunley Room