Sub-eV 2016

Dec 7, 2016, 8:25 AM → Dec 9, 2016, 1:00 PM 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, December 7

9:00 AM → 11:45 AM Morning 1: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354

9:00 AM Welcome

Slides visitor_safety_-_official2.pdf

9:10 AM New ideas in dark matter detection

Speaker: Kathryn Zurek

Slides 16_SubeV.pdf

9:40 AM Superfluid He for DM detection

Speaker: Daniel McKinsey

Slides McKinsey_subeV_LHe.pdf

10:10 AM coffee

10:30 AM Electronic excitations in superfluid helium

Speaker: George Seidel (Brown U.)

Slides seidel_sub_eV.pdf

11:25 AM HEP Cosmic Program Report

Speaker: Anwar Bhatti (DOE)

Slides HEP_CF_Report_DMWorkshop_Berkeley.pdf

11:45 AM → 12:15 PM 1st Discussion Session

Workshop goals and definition of potential new experiments.

Speaker: Harry Nelson (UCSB)

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM lunch

1:30 PM → 4:50 PM Afternoon 1: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354

1:30 PM Multi-quasiparticle excitations in superfluid helium

Speaker: Eckhard Krotscheck (U. of Buffalo)

Slides LBLtalk.pdf

2:00 PM Superconducting detectors for superlight dark matter

Speaker: Yonit Hochberg

Slides YH_LBNL_subeV.pdf

2:30 PM PTOLEMY for DM detection

Speaker: Chris Tully (Princeton U.)

Slides TullyPTOLEMYLBL.pptx

3:00 PM Tea

3:20 PM Magnetometry and CASPER

Speaker: Alex Sushkov (Boston U.)

Slides 2016-12-06_TALK_Sub-eV_LBNL_CASPEr.pptx

3:50 PM Coherent photon scattering background

Speaker: Alan Robinson (Fermilab)

Slides Coherent_scattering3.pdf

4:20 PM The QUAX experiment to search for axion-spin coupling

Speaker: Nicolo Crescini

Slides quax_berkeley.pdf

4:50 PM → 5:20 PM 2nd Discussion Session

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

Speaker: Matt Pyle (UCB)

6:00 PM → 8:00 PM Reception

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Thursday, December 8

9:00 AM → 11:30 AM Morning 2: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354

9:00 AM High Energy Resolution TES Bolometers

Speaker: Matt Pyle (UC Berkeley)

Slides LBLsubeV_LAPD.pdf

9:30 AM Millimeter wavelength spectrometers

Speaker: Jonas Zmuidzinas (Caltech)

Slides Zmuidzinas_sub_eV_20161208.pdf

10:00 AM Microcalorimeter technology in x-ray detectiion

Speaker: Megan Eckart (NASA)

Slides sub_eV_eckart_v1.pdf

10:30 AM coffee

11:00 AM (TBC) Application of CMB detector technology

Speaker: Adrian (TBC) Lee

Slides 2016.12.08.subev.ppt

11:30 AM → 12:00 PM 3rd Discussion Session

Single photon detectors discussion

Speaker: Jeff Filippini (UIUC)

12:00 PM → 1:30 PM lunch

1:30 PM → 4:20 PM Afternoon 2: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354

1:30 PM New Materials for Light Dark Matter Searches

Speaker: Mariangenla Lisanti (Princeton U.)

Slides subeV_LBL.pdf

2:00 PM Molecular Magnets as Magnetic Bubble Chambers

Speaker: Thomas Melia

Slides SMM.pdf

2:30 PM Lumped-element resonators and DMRadio

Speaker: Kent Irwin (Stanford U.)

Slides DMRadioBerkeleySubeV.pdf

3:00 PM coffee

3:20 PM Scintillator electron recoil detectors (GaAs )

Speaker: Stephen Derenzo (UC Berkeley)

Slides LBNL_GaAs(Si)_sub-eV_dark_matter.pdf

3:50 PM Ultimate Ionization Threshold

Speaker: Aaron Manalaysay (UC Davis)

Slides LBL_Sub_eV_workshop2016_Manalaysay.pdf

4:20 PM → 5:00 PM 4th Discussion Session

What Topics have we missed?

Speaker: Peter Sorensen

6:30 PM → 8:30 PM Workshop Dinner

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Friday, December 9

9:00 AM → 11:50 AM Morning 3: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354

9:00 AM Experimental Limits on Screened Scalar Fields

Speaker: Holger Müller (UC Berkeley)

Slides LBL2016.pptx

9:30 AM Atomic Clocks for Dark Matter

Speaker: Jason Hogan (Stanford U.)

Slides sub-eV-hogan-final.pptx

10:00 AM Dark matter absorption in semiconductors, superconductors and superfluid helium

Speaker: Tongyan Lin

Slides 12_07_2016_LBL_sub-eV.pdf

10:30 AM coffee

10:50 AM Bosonic Enhancements in Cavity Scattering

Speaker: Michael Romalis (Princeton U.)

Slides BerkeleysubeV.pdf

11:20 AM Looking for new particles in nanospheres

Speaker: David Moore (Yale U.)

Slides 20161209_Moore_uspheres.pdf

11:50 AM → 12:30 PM 5th Discussion and Adjourn

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