Informal 1-day Workshop on the Phenomenology of Dark Matter Searches with Quantum Sensors

Europe/London
Kings College London, Strand Campus
Christopher McCabe (King's College London), Jonathan R. Ellis (University of London (GB)), Martin Bauer (Heidelberg University), Oliver Buchmuller (Imperial College (GB))
Description

The informal 1-day Workshop on the phenomenology of Dark Matter searches with Quantum Sensors, which will take place at Kings College London on March 6. The event will start at 10am and last until about 3pm.

The workshop is organised in the context of the ongoing  "Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics” activity that was launched in Oct 16-17, 2018 in Oxford.
http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/confs/quantum2018/index.asp

The idea is to brainstorm the options for Dark Sector searches with Quantum Sensors in categories like:

- light DM (< GeV scale) which is hard to see in DD or at the LHC because of negligible nuclear recoil or missing energy, respectively.

- ultralight (fuzzy) DM (~10^-22 eV) that behaves more like a classical wave and ends up modifying fundamental constants through oscillations.

We hope that this event will facilitate the process of establishing a sound phenomenology input for the ongoing work in the different Work Packages of QSFT (e.g. atom interferometry and spectroscopy), which in turn could help to strengthen and refine the physics case for forthcoming funding proposals. In this context we would also like to discuss the tools (e.g. Whitepaper, etc) to best inject this information in the process.

Please note, due to room restriction the participation is limited to 35 people and, therefore, it is mandatory that you register for this event.

Looking forward to seeing you soon at KCL!

Martin Bauer (IPPP), Oliver Buchmueller (Imperial), John Ellis (KCL) and the KCL Theory Team

Registration
Registration
40 / 40
Participants
    • 1
      Introduction to the workshop
      Speakers: Jonathan R. Ellis (University of London (GB)), Martin Bauer (Heidelberg University), Oliver Buchmuller (Imperial College (GB))
    • 2
      Introduction & Ultra-light Dark Matter
      Speaker: John March-Russell (University of Oxford (GB))
    • 3
      Dark Sector Physics with Quantum Sensors
      Speaker: Yevgeny Stadnik (University of New South Wales)
    • 4
      Discussion
    • 12:00
      lunch
    • 5
      Signatures of light DM in atomic clocks and magnetometers
      Speaker: Dr Diego Blas Temino (King's College London)
    • 6
      Light Dark Matter
      Speaker: Christopher McCabe (King's College London)
    • 7
      Contributed Short Talks/Discussion
      • a) DM detection with nanomechanics
        Speaker: Prof. Hendrik Ulbricht (University of Southampton)
      • b) Probing Open Quantum Systems for New Physics with AION Sensors:
        Speaker: Charles Wang (University of Aberdeen)
      • c) Neutrino interferometry to study fundamental physics
        Speaker: Teppei Katori (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
      • d) Fundamental physics with quantum-enhanced laser interferometry
        Speaker: Hartmut Grote (Cardiff University )
    • 8
      White Paper on Dark Matter Searches at Quantum Sensors
      Speakers: Martin Bauer (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg), Martin Bauer (Heidelberg University)
    • 9
      Contingency