Joint IQ Initiative & PITT PACC Workshop: Axions, Fundamental and Synthetic
from
Thursday 6 April 2023 (08:30)
to
Saturday 8 April 2023 (16:40)
Monday 3 April 2023
Tuesday 4 April 2023
Wednesday 5 April 2023
Thursday 6 April 2023
08:30
Breakfast
Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
09:00
Welcome by the IQ Initiative Director
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W. Vincent Liu
(
University of Pittsburgh
)
Welcome by the IQ Initiative Director
W. Vincent Liu
(
University of Pittsburgh
)
09:00 - 09:10
09:10
Axion detection via stimulated emission
-
Aaron Chou
Axion detection via stimulated emission
Aaron Chou
09:10 - 09:45
09:45
Vanishing of Casimir forces in axion electrodynamics
-
Yohei Ema
Yohei Ema
(
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
)
Vanishing of Casimir forces in axion electrodynamics
Yohei Ema
Yohei Ema
(
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
)
09:45 - 10:20
10:20
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:55
10:55
Axionic and Phonon Polaritons for Axion Dark Matter Detection
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Jan Schütte-Engel
(
RWTH
)
Jan Schütte-Engel
Axionic and Phonon Polaritons for Axion Dark Matter Detection
Jan Schütte-Engel
(
RWTH
)
Jan Schütte-Engel
10:55 - 11:30
11:30
Axion dark matter conversion into condensed matter axion
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So Chigusa
So Chigusa
(
University of Tokyo
)
Axion dark matter conversion into condensed matter axion
So Chigusa
So Chigusa
(
University of Tokyo
)
11:30 - 12:05
12:05
Discussion
Discussion
12:05 - 12:20
12:20
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:20 - 14:00
14:00
The HAYSTAC Experiment
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Danielle Speller
(
Yale University
)
Danielle Speller
(
Johns Hopkins
)
The HAYSTAC Experiment
Danielle Speller
(
Yale University
)
Danielle Speller
(
Johns Hopkins
)
14:00 - 14:40
14:40
Axion electrodynamics and its applications to the Kerr effect in topological anti-ferromagnets (I)
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Junyeong Ahn
(
Harvard University
)
Axion electrodynamics and its applications to the Kerr effect in topological anti-ferromagnets (I)
Junyeong Ahn
(
Harvard University
)
14:40 - 15:20
15:20
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:20 - 16:00
16:00
Axion electrodynamics and its applications to the Kerr effect in topological anti-ferromagnets (II)
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Suyang Xu
(
Harvard University
)
Axion electrodynamics and its applications to the Kerr effect in topological anti-ferromagnets (II)
Suyang Xu
(
Harvard University
)
16:00 - 16:40
16:40
Discussion
Discussion
16:40 - 17:00
Friday 7 April 2023
08:30
Breakfast
Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
09:00
Axion electrodynamics in strong topological insulators
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Prineha Narang
(
UCLA
)
Axion electrodynamics in strong topological insulators
Prineha Narang
(
UCLA
)
09:00 - 09:35
09:35
Ultrafast Imaging of Plasmonic Vortex Fields with Axion-type Response
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Atreyie Ghosh
(
University of Pittsburgh
)
Ultrafast Imaging of Plasmonic Vortex Fields with Axion-type Response
Atreyie Ghosh
(
University of Pittsburgh
)
09:35 - 10:10
10:10
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:50
10:50
Detectability of axion dark matter with phonon polaritons and magnons
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Tanner Trickle
(
California Institute of Technology
)
Detectability of axion dark matter with phonon polaritons and magnons
Tanner Trickle
(
California Institute of Technology
)
10:50 - 11:25
11:25
The hunt for wave-like dark matter at SLAC
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Chelsea Bartram
Chelsea Bartram
(
SLAC
)
The hunt for wave-like dark matter at SLAC
Chelsea Bartram
Chelsea Bartram
(
SLAC
)
11:25 - 12:00
12:00
Discussions
Discussions
12:00 - 12:20
12:20
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:20 - 14:00
14:00
The CASPER Experiment & future avenues for axion detection using AMO systems
-
Alexander Sushkov
The CASPER Experiment & future avenues for axion detection using AMO systems
Alexander Sushkov
14:00 - 14:35
14:35
Sensitivity of spin-precession axion experiments
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Jeff Dror
(
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
)
Sensitivity of spin-precession axion experiments
Jeff Dror
(
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
)
14:35 - 15:10
15:10
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:10 - 15:50
15:50
The piezoaxionic effect
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Amalia Madden
(
Perimenter Institute for Theoretical Physics
)
The piezoaxionic effect
Amalia Madden
(
Perimenter Institute for Theoretical Physics
)
15:50 - 16:25
16:25
Discussion
Discussion
16:25 - 17:00
17:30
Workshop Banquet
Workshop Banquet
17:30 - 21:00
Saturday 8 April 2023
08:30
Breakfast
Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
09:00
Chiral fermions and the chiral magnetic effect
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Qiang Li
(
Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
Qiang Li
(
Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
Chiral fermions and the chiral magnetic effect
Qiang Li
(
Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
Qiang Li
(
Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory
)
09:00 - 09:35
09:35
Probing microscopic origins of axions by the chiral magnetic effect
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Sang Hui Im
(
IBS CTPU
)
Probing microscopic origins of axions by the chiral magnetic effect
Sang Hui Im
(
IBS CTPU
)
09:35 - 10:10
10:10
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:50
10:50
Detection of axions with opto-mechanical cavities
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Yikun Wang
(
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
)
Detection of axions with opto-mechanical cavities
Yikun Wang
(
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
)
10:50 - 11:30
11:30
New Direction in Axion Detection
-
Surjeet Rajendran
New Direction in Axion Detection
Surjeet Rajendran
11:30 - 12:05
12:05
Discussion
Discussion
12:05 - 12:20