Sub-eV 2016

7 Dec 2016, 08:25 → 9 Dec 2016, 13:00 US/Pacific

Perseverance Hall (B54) (LBNL)

Kathryn Zurek, Maurice Garcia-Sciveres

The Berkeley Experimental Particle Physics Center Workshop Series
and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab present

Sub-eV 2016

A workshop on ultra low energy detection methods, immediately following the 2016 Berkeley Workshop on Dark Matter. See "Scientific Programme" and "Timetable" for details.
Talks are by invitation only (contact organizers for further details)

Poster 16-PH-2919__Sub-eV_2016_Poster_v4_Online.pdf

Wednesday 7 December ¶

Morning 1: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354¶

1 Welcome¶

Slides visitor_safety_-_official2.pdf

2 New ideas in dark matter detection¶

Speaker: Kathryn Zurek

Slides 16_SubeV.pdf

3 Superfluid He for DM detection¶

Speaker: Daniel McKinsey

Slides McKinsey_subeV_LHe.pdf

10:10 coffee

4 Electronic excitations in superfluid helium¶

Speaker: George Seidel (Brown U.)

Slides seidel_sub_eV.pdf

5 HEP Cosmic Program Report¶

Speaker: Anwar Bhatti (DOE)

Slides HEP_CF_Report_DMWorkshop_Berkeley.pdf

6 1st Discussion Session¶

Workshop goals and definition of potential new experiments.

Speaker: Harry Nelson (UCSB)

12:30 lunch

Afternoon 1: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354¶

7 Multi-quasiparticle excitations in superfluid helium¶

Speaker: Eckhard Krotscheck (U. of Buffalo)

Slides LBLtalk.pdf

8 Superconducting detectors for superlight dark matter¶

Speaker: Yonit Hochberg

Slides YH_LBNL_subeV.pdf

9 PTOLEMY for DM detection¶

Speaker: Chris Tully (Princeton U.)

Slides TullyPTOLEMYLBL.pptx

15:00 Tea

10 Magnetometry and CASPER¶

Speaker: Alex Sushkov (Boston U.)

Slides 2016-12-06_TALK_Sub-eV_LBNL_CASPEr.pptx

11 Coherent photon scattering background¶

Speaker: Alan Robinson (Fermilab)

Slides Coherent_scattering3.pdf

12 The QUAX experiment to search for axion-spin coupling¶

Speaker: Nicolo Crescini

Slides quax_berkeley.pdf

13 2nd Discussion Session¶

Common challenges (eg. backgrounds). Commonality between different technologies presented

Speaker: Matt Pyle (UCB)

18:00 Reception

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Thursday 8 December ¶

Morning 2: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354¶

14 High Energy Resolution TES Bolometers¶

Speaker: Matt Pyle (UC Berkeley)

Slides LBLsubeV_LAPD.pdf

15 Millimeter wavelength spectrometers¶

Speaker: Jonas Zmuidzinas (Caltech)

Slides Zmuidzinas_sub_eV_20161208.pdf

16 Microcalorimeter technology in x-ray detectiion¶

Speaker: Megan Eckart (NASA)

Slides sub_eV_eckart_v1.pdf

10:30 coffee

17 (TBC) Application of CMB detector technology¶

Speaker: Adrian (TBC) Lee

Slides 2016.12.08.subev.ppt

18 3rd Discussion Session¶

Single photon detectors discussion

Speaker: Jeff Filippini (UIUC)

12:00 lunch

Afternoon 2: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354¶

19 New Materials for Light Dark Matter Searches¶

Speaker: Mariangenla Lisanti (Princeton U.)

Slides subeV_LBL.pdf

20 Molecular Magnets as Magnetic Bubble Chambers¶

Speaker: Thomas Melia

Slides SMM.pdf

21 Lumped-element resonators and DMRadio¶

Speaker: Kent Irwin (Stanford U.)

Slides DMRadioBerkeleySubeV.pdf

15:00 coffee

22 Scintillator electron recoil detectors (GaAs )¶

Speaker: Stephen Derenzo (UC Berkeley)

Slides LBNL_GaAs(Si)_sub-eV_dark_matter.pdf

23 Ultimate Ionization Threshold¶

Speaker: Aaron Manalaysay (UC Davis)

Slides LBL_Sub_eV_workshop2016_Manalaysay.pdf

24 4th Discussion Session¶

What Topics have we missed?

Speaker: Peter Sorensen

18:30 Workshop Dinner

https://www.yelp.com/biz/great-china-berkeley

Friday 9 December ¶

Morning 3: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354¶

25 Experimental Limits on Screened Scalar Fields¶

Speaker: Holger Müller (UC Berkeley)

Slides LBL2016.pptx

26 Atomic Clocks for Dark Matter¶

Speaker: Jason Hogan (Stanford U.)

Slides sub-eV-hogan-final.pptx

27 Dark matter absorption in semiconductors, superconductors and superfluid helium¶

Speaker: Tongyan Lin

Slides 12_07_2016_LBL_sub-eV.pdf

10:30 coffee

28 Bosonic Enhancements in Cavity Scattering¶

Speaker: Michael Romalis (Princeton U.)

Slides BerkeleysubeV.pdf

29 Looking for new particles in nanospheres¶

Speaker: David Moore (Yale U.)

Slides 20161209_Moore_uspheres.pdf

30 5th Discussion and Adjourn¶

Is there a clear direction for a single experimental program? What R&D is needed to decide?