Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics
from
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 (9:00 AM)
to
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 (7:15 PM)
Monday, October 15, 2018
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
9:00 AM
Welcome & Purpose of Meeting
-
Ian Shipsey
(
University of Oxford (GB)
)
Welcome & Purpose of Meeting
Ian Shipsey
(
University of Oxford (GB)
)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
9:15 AM
Scientific Motivation Overview
-
Giovanni Villadoro
(
Abdus Salam Int. Cent. Theor. Phys. (IT)
)
Scientific Motivation Overview
Giovanni Villadoro
(
Abdus Salam Int. Cent. Theor. Phys. (IT)
)
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:00 AM
Quantum Features Exploitable in Table Top Fundamental Physics (incl.Superposition, Entanglement, Squeezing Back Action Evasion & more)
-
Sougato Bose
(
UCL
)
Quantum Features Exploitable in Table Top Fundamental Physics (incl.Superposition, Entanglement, Squeezing Back Action Evasion & more)
Sougato Bose
(
UCL
)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:45 AM
Coffee
Coffee
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM
Photon-Number-Resolving Imagers and Detectors Based on Superconducting Nanowire
-
Karl berggren
(
MIT
)
Photon-Number-Resolving Imagers and Detectors Based on Superconducting Nanowire
Karl berggren
(
MIT
)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:00 PM
UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Metrology
-
Kai Bongs
(
U. Birmingham & NQHSM
)
UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Metrology
Kai Bongs
(
U. Birmingham & NQHSM
)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:45 PM
Extra Discussion
Extra Discussion
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
1:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
2:00 PM
Low Energy Tests of the Standard Model
-
Gerald Gabrielse
(
Harvard University
)
Gerald Gabrielse
(
Harvard University (US)
)
Low Energy Tests of the Standard Model
Gerald Gabrielse
(
Harvard University
)
Gerald Gabrielse
(
Harvard University (US)
)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
2:45 PM
Atom Interferometry
-
Jason Hogan
(
Stanford
)
Atom Interferometry
Jason Hogan
(
Stanford
)
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
3:30 PM
Coffee
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Trapped Ions, Atomic clocks, fundamental constants.
-
David Hume
(
NIST
)
Trapped Ions, Atomic clocks, fundamental constants.
David Hume
(
NIST
)
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
4:45 PM
Magnetic Resonance and Atomic Clocks
-
Yevgeny Stadnik
(
Mainz
)
Magnetic Resonance and Atomic Clocks
Yevgeny Stadnik
(
Mainz
)
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
5:30 PM
Harnessing quantum technologies in the search for dark matter
-
Konrad Lehnert
(
JILA
)
Harnessing quantum technologies in the search for dark matter
Konrad Lehnert
(
JILA
)
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
6:15 PM
The FNAL Quantum Program
-
Panagiotis Spentzouris
(
Fermilab
)
The FNAL Quantum Program
Panagiotis Spentzouris
(
Fermilab
)
6:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
7:00 PM
Dinner (self-organized)
Dinner (self-organized)
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
9:00 AM
Precision experiments with phonons, photons and spins to test Lorentz Invariance and to Detect Dark Matter and High Frequency Gravitational Waves
-
Michael Tobar
(
U Western Australia
)
Precision experiments with phonons, photons and spins to test Lorentz Invariance and to Detect Dark Matter and High Frequency Gravitational Waves
Michael Tobar
(
U Western Australia
)
9:00 AM - 9:35 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
9:35 AM
National Physical Laboratory Program in Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics
-
Patrick Gill
(
NPL
)
National Physical Laboratory Program in Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics
Patrick Gill
(
NPL
)
9:35 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:10 AM
The Quantum Programme (Liam Blackwell EPSRC) The SPF EoI themes (Jason Green STFC)
The Quantum Programme (Liam Blackwell EPSRC) The SPF EoI themes (Jason Green STFC)
10:10 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:50 AM
Coffee
Coffee
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Ion Traps 1
-
David Lucas
(
Oxford
)
Ion Traps 1
David Lucas
(
Oxford
)
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
11:35 AM
beyond-Standard-Model physics with ion trap type methods
-
Andrew Steane
(
Oxford
)
beyond-Standard-Model physics with ion trap type methods
Andrew Steane
(
Oxford
)
11:35 AM - 11:55 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
11:55 AM
alpha-dot measurement with an ion Trap
-
Rachel Godun
(
NPL
)
alpha-dot measurement with an ion Trap
Rachel Godun
(
NPL
)
11:55 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:15 PM
Quantum Senors Programme at Cambridge
-
Stafford Withington
(
Cambridge
)
Quantum Senors Programme at Cambridge
Stafford Withington
(
Cambridge
)
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:35 PM
Quantum Techniques in Advanced Laser Interferometric Gravity Wave Detectors
-
Haixing Miao
(
U. Birmigham
)
Quantum Techniques in Advanced Laser Interferometric Gravity Wave Detectors
Haixing Miao
(
U. Birmigham
)
12:35 PM - 12:55 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:55 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:55 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM
Atom Interferometry in the UK & MAGIS-100
-
Jon Coleman
(
University of Liverpool
)
Atom Interferometry in the UK & MAGIS-100
Jon Coleman
(
University of Liverpool
)
1:45 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
2:10 PM
The Atom Interferometer Obsrevatory Network
-
Oliver Buchmuller
(
Imperial College (GB)
)
The Atom Interferometer Obsrevatory Network
Oliver Buchmuller
(
Imperial College (GB)
)
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
2:25 PM
Levitated quantum optomechanics for fundamental physics
-
Peter Barker
(
UCL
)
Levitated quantum optomechanics for fundamental physics
Peter Barker
(
UCL
)
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
2:45 PM
tabletop quantum sensing experiments with NV centres in diamond including with levitated nanodiamond
-
Gavin Morley
(
Warwick
)
tabletop quantum sensing experiments with NV centres in diamond including with levitated nanodiamond
Gavin Morley
(
Warwick
)
2:45 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
3:10 PM
Quantum Behavior of Mechanical Structures and the application to fundamental physics
-
Michael Vanner
(
Imperial
)
Quantum Behavior of Mechanical Structures and the application to fundamental physics
Michael Vanner
(
Imperial
)
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
3:35 PM
Coffee
-
Stig Topp-Jorgenson
Coffee
Stig Topp-Jorgenson
3:35 PM - 3:55 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
3:55 PM
Resonant searches for Axions and other ultralight dark matter
-
Edward Daw
(
The University of Sheffield
)
Resonant searches for Axions and other ultralight dark matter
Edward Daw
(
The University of Sheffield
)
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
4:25 PM
Super Conducting Qubits
-
Peter Leek
Super Conducting Qubits
Peter Leek
4:25 PM - 4:55 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
4:55 PM
Exploring ultra light to sub-MeV dark matter with atomic clocks and co-magnetometers
-
Diego Blas Temino
(
CERN
)
Exploring ultra light to sub-MeV dark matter with atomic clocks and co-magnetometers
Diego Blas Temino
(
CERN
)
4:55 PM - 5:10 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
5:10 PM
quantum simulators of fundamental physics
-
Silke Weinfurtner
(
Nottingham
)
quantum simulators of fundamental physics
Silke Weinfurtner
(
Nottingham
)
5:10 PM - 5:25 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
5:25 PM
Town Hall
Town Hall
5:25 PM - 6:25 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room