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Speaker: Lindley Winslow (MIT) – Title: The Search for GUT-Scale Axions: Really Big Magnets and Quantum Sensing
February 6 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Progress Meeting
Date: February 6, 2024
Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 [In-Person and HYBRID]
Speaker: Lindley Winslow (MIT)
Title: The Search for GUT-Scale Axions: Really Big Magnets and Quantum Sensing
Abstract:
The particle nature of dark matter remains one of the great open questions in physics. There is a broad category of candidates whose mass is so light that they behave more as waves than as particles. The most well-known is the axion, which has had a renaissance as a dark matter candidate as theoretical studies have improved our understanding of axion cosmology and advances in quantum sensing and cryogenics have opened new opportunities for detection. In this talk, I will focus on the search for GUT-Scale axions, the DMRadio Program and the results from the ABRACADABRA demonstrators. If time permits, I will also discuss our other R&D efforts that span from searching for primordial black holes to coupling quantum dots to SNSPDs.
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