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 ¶

09:00 → 11:45 Morning 1: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354¶

09:00 Welcome¶

Slides visitor_safety_-_official2.pdf

09:10 New ideas in dark matter detection¶

Speaker: Kathryn Zurek

Slides 16_SubeV.pdf

09:40 Superfluid He for DM detection¶

Speaker: Daniel McKinsey

Slides McKinsey_subeV_LHe.pdf

10:10 coffee

10:30 Electronic excitations in superfluid helium¶

Speaker: George Seidel (Brown U.)

Slides seidel_sub_eV.pdf

11:25 HEP Cosmic Program Report¶

Speaker: Anwar Bhatti (DOE)

Slides HEP_CF_Report_DMWorkshop_Berkeley.pdf

11:45 → 12:15 1st Discussion Session¶

Workshop goals and definition of potential new experiments.

Speaker: Harry Nelson (UCSB)

12:30 → 13:30 lunch

13:30 → 16:50 Afternoon 1: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354¶

13:30 Multi-quasiparticle excitations in superfluid helium¶

Speaker: Eckhard Krotscheck (U. of Buffalo)

Slides LBLtalk.pdf

14:00 Superconducting detectors for superlight dark matter¶

Speaker: Yonit Hochberg

Slides YH_LBNL_subeV.pdf

14:30 PTOLEMY for DM detection¶

Speaker: Chris Tully (Princeton U.)

Slides TullyPTOLEMYLBL.pptx

15:00 Tea

15:20 Magnetometry and CASPER¶

Speaker: Alex Sushkov (Boston U.)

Slides 2016-12-06_TALK_Sub-eV_LBNL_CASPEr.pptx

15:50 Coherent photon scattering background¶

Speaker: Alan Robinson (Fermilab)

Slides Coherent_scattering3.pdf

16:20 The QUAX experiment to search for axion-spin coupling¶

Speaker: Nicolo Crescini

Slides quax_berkeley.pdf

16:50 → 17:20 2nd Discussion Session¶

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

Speaker: Matt Pyle (UCB)

18:00 → 20:00 Reception

http://www.womensfacultyclub.com/direction.html

Thursday 8 December ¶

09:00 → 11:30 Morning 2: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354¶

09:00 High Energy Resolution TES Bolometers¶

Speaker: Matt Pyle (UC Berkeley)

Slides LBLsubeV_LAPD.pdf

09:30 Millimeter wavelength spectrometers¶

Speaker: Jonas Zmuidzinas (Caltech)

Slides Zmuidzinas_sub_eV_20161208.pdf

10:00 Microcalorimeter technology in x-ray detectiion¶

Speaker: Megan Eckart (NASA)

Slides sub_eV_eckart_v1.pdf

10:30 coffee

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

Speaker: Adrian (TBC) Lee

Slides 2016.12.08.subev.ppt

11:30 → 12:00 3rd Discussion Session¶

Single photon detectors discussion

Speaker: Jeff Filippini (UIUC)

12:00 → 13:30 lunch

13:30 → 16:20 Afternoon 2: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354¶

13:30 New Materials for Light Dark Matter Searches¶

Speaker: Mariangenla Lisanti (Princeton U.)

Slides subeV_LBL.pdf

14:00 Molecular Magnets as Magnetic Bubble Chambers¶

Speaker: Thomas Melia

Slides SMM.pdf

14:30 Lumped-element resonators and DMRadio¶

Speaker: Kent Irwin (Stanford U.)

Slides DMRadioBerkeleySubeV.pdf

15:00 coffee

15:20 Scintillator electron recoil detectors (GaAs )¶

Speaker: Stephen Derenzo (UC Berkeley)

Slides LBNL_GaAs(Si)_sub-eV_dark_matter.pdf

15:50 Ultimate Ionization Threshold¶

Speaker: Aaron Manalaysay (UC Davis)

Slides LBL_Sub_eV_workshop2016_Manalaysay.pdf

16:20 → 17:00 4th Discussion Session¶

What Topics have we missed?

Speaker: Peter Sorensen

18:30 → 20:30 Workshop Dinner

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

Friday 9 December ¶

09:00 → 11:50 Morning 3: Readtalk: (866)740-1260 code 4867354¶

09:00 Experimental Limits on Screened Scalar Fields¶

Speaker: Holger Müller (UC Berkeley)

Slides LBL2016.pptx

09:30 Atomic Clocks for Dark Matter¶

Speaker: Jason Hogan (Stanford U.)

Slides sub-eV-hogan-final.pptx

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

Speaker: Tongyan Lin

Slides 12_07_2016_LBL_sub-eV.pdf

10:30 coffee

10:50 Bosonic Enhancements in Cavity Scattering¶

Speaker: Michael Romalis (Princeton U.)

Slides BerkeleysubeV.pdf

11:20 Looking for new particles in nanospheres¶

Speaker: David Moore (Yale U.)

Slides 20161209_Moore_uspheres.pdf

11:50 → 12:30 5th Discussion and Adjourn¶

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