Quantum sensing for fundamental physics institute

Contribution List

1. Welcome

Clara Murgui Galvez (CERN), Hannah Molly Banks, Mario Reig Lopez

31/08/2026, 13:45

3. An idea for ultra-broadband axion dark matter detection

Angelo Esposito

31/08/2026, 14:00

2. The Thorium nuclear clock and atom interferometers as a sensors for ultralight DM

Elina Fuchs (DESY and Leibniz University Hannover)

31/08/2026, 15:30

After a 20-year long search, the first laser excitation of the Thorium nucleus in 2024 marked a breakthrough in the development of a nuclear clock. In the short period since the discovery, not only the experiments have rapidly evolved, but also the application of the nuclear clock as a quantum sensor for new physics. I will demonstrate how the Thorium lineshape already constrains ultralight...

4. Quantum Error Correction for Dark Matter Detection

Hajime Fukuda

01/09/2026, 09:30

19. Generation and Certification of Macroscopic Quantum Superpositions with Massive Particles

Dr Andreu Riera Campeny (ICFO)

01/09/2026, 13:30

We present an experimental proposal for generating macroscopic quantum superpositions of levitated massive particles and a principled method for their certification. Our scheme prepares the particle’s center of mass in a delocalized state by cooling it near the ground state, releasing it into a static double-well potential, and analyzing the resulting dynamics. To rigorously certify the...

5. An Ultra-Cold Mechanical Quantum Sensor for Tests of New Physics.

Andraz Omahen (ETH Zurich)

02/09/2026, 11:30

6. TH Colloquium: Quantum limits to the sensing of magnetic and magnetic-like fields

Morgan Mitchell (ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences)

02/09/2026, 14:00

More details on https://indico.cern.ch/event/1656207/

Fundamental physics has motivated much work in quantum sensing, notably the generation of squeezed light to use in interferometric gravitational wave detectors and deep studies of the problem of phase estimation, often described as the core problem of quantum sensing. Fundamental physics increasingly employs precision measurements to...

7. Sub-GeV dark matter searches with matter-wave interferometers

Leonardo Badurina (California Institute of Technology)

03/09/2026, 15:00

Matter-wave interferometers (MWIs) offer a uniquely quantum route to dark matter (DM) detection: DM can reveal itself through phase shifts and decoherence between spatially separated wave-packets, even when energy deposition is negligible and no recoil is resolvable. In this talk, I will discuss how atom interferometers and interferometers employing mesoscopic objects could probe...

8. Noisy flux-tunable qubits for ultralight dark matter

Marianne Moore (MIT)

04/09/2026, 10:00

9. Adaptive quantum sensing for wave-like dark matter searches

So Chigusa

04/09/2026, 11:30

10. Superradiant interactions of cosmic relics

Marios Galanis (Stanford)

07/09/2026, 15:00

A large ensemble of two-level systems where each is prepared in an equal superposition of ground and excited states is the quantum analogue of a classical oscillating dipole. Scattering of weakly interacting particles off such a dipole is dramatically enhanced due to collective effects analogous to Dicke superradiance, where the de-excitation and excitation rates of the ensemble scale as the...

11. Atomic frontiers in fundamental physics

Benjamin Roberts

07/09/2026, 16:30

Atomic systems provide a unique platform for probing physics beyond the Standard Model.
I will give a brief overview of how combining precision atomic experiment with atomic theory enables sensitive searches for new physics, including tests of fundamental symmetries, electroweak interactions, and light dark sector candidates.
I will focus in particular on scattering in atomic systems as a...

12. Discussion axion detection (Itay Bloch and Cristian Cogollos)

08/09/2026, 10:30

13. The Holstein-Primakoff Transformation for Light Dark Matter Detection"

Zachary Bogorad (Fermilab)

09/09/2026, 10:00

14. Quantum Metrology for Wavelike Dark Matter

Bin Xu

09/09/2026, 11:30

15. Cavendish Tests of Millicharged Particles

Asher Berlin (Fermilab)

10/09/2026, 10:00

A terrestrial population of room-temperature millicharged particles can arise if they make up a dark matter subcomponent or if they are light enough to be produced in cosmic ray air showers. I will show how a simple electrified shell (e.g., a Van de Graaff generator) acts as an efficient accumulator for such particles, parametrically enhancing their local density by many orders of magnitude. A...

16. Quantum Dots for Chromatic Calorimetry

Yacine Haddad (Universitaet Bern (CH))

10/09/2026, 11:30

20. Visit LHCb detector

10/09/2026, 15:30

17. Tour CERN underground

11/09/2026, 10:00

21. Discussion open quantum systems

11/09/2026, 10:30

18. Closing

11/09/2026, 11:30