25–27 Aug 2015
Livermore Valley Open Campus
US/Pacific timezone

Axion Dark Matter Detection with Microwave Cavities - Overview of Challenges

25 Aug 2015, 09:10
30m
Yosemite Room (Livermore Valley Open Campus)

Yosemite Room

Livermore Valley Open Campus

Speaker

Dr Gianpaolo Carosi (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Description

In this talk I will present an overview of the axion dark matter haloscopes that use microwave cavities to resonantly enhance the conversion rate of axions to potentially detectable levels. I will layout the number of design challenges facing experimental efforts moving forward.

Primary author

Dr Gianpaolo Carosi (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Presentation materials