24–27 Mar 2025
UCLA Physics and Astronomy Building 1-425
US/Pacific timezone

Searching for Axions and High-Frequency Gravitational Waves with ABRACADABRA-10cm

27 Mar 2025, 16:35
15m
UCLA Physics and Astronomy Building 1-425

UCLA Physics and Astronomy Building 1-425

475 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 darkmatter@physics.ucla.edu

Speaker

Dr Kaliroe Pappas (Columbia University)

Description

ABRACADABRA-10cm has had great success as a lumped-element axion dark matter pathfinder experiment. Now, using the electrodynamics of gravitational waves and a simple change of pickup structures, we are using the ABRACADABRA detector to search for high-frequency gravitational wave in the kHz to MHz range. These higher frequencies may indicate signs of in-spiraling primordial black holes, or other beyond the standard model phenomena. With careful calibration and simulation used to distinguish between the two signals, we introduce the first simultaneous search for both axions and gravitational waves. I will present on the design and results from the ABRACADABRA-10cm high-frequency gravitational wave search.

Author

Dr Kaliroe Pappas (Columbia University)

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