Name: Quantum Optomechanical Architectures for Dark Matter Detection
Start: 2019-10-28T02:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-10-29T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland

Quantum Optomechanical Architectures for Dark Matter Detection

from Monday, 28 October 2019 (02:00) to Tuesday, 29 October 2019 (18:00)

Monday, 28 October 2019

09:00 Welcome and intro remarks (Dan Carney)
Welcome and intro remarks (Dan Carney)
09:00 - 09:15
Room: PSC 3150

09:15 Review of dark matter model space: parameter regimes, signal types (Gordan Krnjaic)
Review of dark matter model space: parameter regimes, signal types (Gordan Krnjaic)
09:15 - 09:45
Room: PSC 3150

09:45 Review on quantum sensing with mechanical systems (Cindy Regal)
Review on quantum sensing with mechanical systems (Cindy Regal)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: PSC 3150

10:15

10:15 - 11:00
Room: PSC 3150

11:00 Overview of detector array & gravitational detection concept (Jake Taylor)
Overview of detector array & gravitational detection concept (Jake Taylor)
11:00 - 12:00
Room: PSC 3150

12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00

14:00 Lessons from liquid noble detectors (Rafael Lang)
Lessons from liquid noble detectors (Rafael Lang)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: PSC 3150

14:30 Lessons from axion searches (Nicole Crisosto)
Lessons from axion searches (Nicole Crisosto)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: PSC 3150

15:00

15:00 - 16:00

16:00 Considerations with specific architectures: levitated devices (Andy Geraci)
Considerations with specific architectures: levitated devices (Andy Geraci)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: PSC 3150

16:30 Considerations with specific architectures: suspended pendulums (Nobuyuki Matsumoto)
Considerations with specific architectures: suspended pendulums (Nobuyuki Matsumoto)
16:30 - 17:00
Room: PSC 3150

17:00 Free discussion & travel to dinner
Free discussion & travel to dinner
17:00 - 18:00

18:00

18:00 - 19:00
Tuesday, 29 October 2019

09:00 Detection proposals outside of mechanical sensing (Tongyan Lin)
Detection proposals outside of mechanical sensing (Tongyan Lin)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: PSC 3150

09:30 Some non-gravitational DM targets with optomechanics (Dan Carney)
Some non-gravitational DM targets with optomechanics (Dan Carney)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: PSC 3150

10:00 Coffee and discussion: potential new signals?
Coffee and discussion: potential new signals?
10:00 - 11:00
Room: PSC 3150

11:00 Lessons from previous sensing experiments: LIGO (Thomas Corbitt)
Lessons from previous sensing experiments: LIGO (Thomas Corbitt)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: PSC 3150

11:30 Lessons from previous sensing experiments: HAYSTAC (Ben Brubaker)
Lessons from previous sensing experiments: HAYSTAC (Ben Brubaker)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: PSC 3150

12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:30
Room: PSC 3150

13:30 Backaction evasion measurements (Jon Cripe)
Backaction evasion measurements (Jon Cripe)
13:30 - 14:00
Room: PSC 3150

14:00 Superfluid optomechanics (Jack Harris)
Superfluid optomechanics (Jack Harris)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: PSC 3150

14:30 Wrap-up discussion: roadmap to large scale experiment
Wrap-up discussion: roadmap to large scale experiment
14:30 - 15:00
Room: PSC 3150

15:00 Adjourned but room available for further discussions
Adjourned but room available for further discussions
15:00 - 18:00
Room: PSC 3150