Optomechanics for dark matter detection - 2nd edition

Friday 9 Apr 2021, 10:00 → 17:10 US/Eastern

Cindy Regal (JILA/Boulder), Daniel Carney, David Moore (Yale University), Gordan Krnjaic (Johns Hopkins, Fermilab)

This workshop is the second meeting focused on optomechanical (quantum and classical) architectures for dark matter detection. It is meant as a short follow-up to the previous iteration, held at the University of Maryland in 2019.

To the extent possible with a zoom-based workshop, we are aiming for an informal environment. All talks are 15 minutes + 10 minutes discussion, with breaks, to facilitate open dialogue. The workshop is open to anyone interested.

A list of talks can be found under "timetable (detailed view)".

Note added: the video recordings from all talks are now available. To see them, click the paper clip icon in the top-right corner of each talk in the timetable linked above.

11:00 → 11:05 Opening

Speaker: Dan Carney

11:05 → 12:20 Ultra-light DM: m < 1 eV

11:05 Ultra-light DM: theory overview

Speaker: Zhen Liu

zoom_0.mp4

11:30 Mechanical detectors of ultralight DM

Speaker: Swati Singh

zoom_1.mp4

11:55 Searching for vector dark matter with an optomechanical accelerometer

Speaker: Dalziel Wilson

2021_MooreWorkshop_final.pptx

zoom_2.mp4

12:20 → 13:10 Technology updates

12:20 Sub-SQL quantum noise measurements at LIGO

Speaker: Lee McCuller

McCuller_DM.pdf

zoom_3.mp4

12:45 Optimal control of a levitated particle at the SQL

Speaker: Lorenzo Magrini

dark matter workshop 2021 magrini.pdf

zoom_4.mp4

13:10 → 13:45 Break

13:45 → 15:00 "Light" DM: 1 eV < m < 10 TeV

13:45 Light DM: Theory overview

Speaker: Simon Knapen

zoom_5.mp4

14:10 Counting mueV phonons in a ng-scale superfluid helium cavity

Speaker: Jack Harris

zoom_6.mp4

14:35 Search for Composite Dark Matter with Optically Levitated Sensors

Speaker: Gadi Afek

OPTO-DM April 2021.pdf

zoom_7.mp4

15:00 → 15:35 Break

15:35 → 16:55 Heavy DM: m > 10 TeV

15:35 Heavy DM: Theory overview

Speaker: Andrew Long

Andrew_Long--heavy_DM_overview.pdf

zoom_8.mp4

16:00 The Windchime Project

Speaker: Juehang Qin

windchime-talk.pdf

zoom_9.mp4

16:25 Quantum sensors for dark matter, and beyond

Speaker: Jake Taylor

zoom_10_2.mp4