Name: Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics
Start: 2018-10-16T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2018-10-17T19:15:00+01:00
Location: St. Catherine's College, Oxford

Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics

from Tuesday 16 October 2018 (09:00) to Wednesday 17 October 2018 (19:15)

Monday 15 October 2018
Tuesday 16 October 2018
09:00 Welcome & Purpose of Meeting - Ian Shipsey (University of Oxford (GB))
Welcome & Purpose of Meeting
- Ian Shipsey (University of Oxford (GB))
09:00 - 09:15
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
09:15 Scientific Motivation Overview - Giovanni Villadoro (Abdus Salam Int. Cent. Theor. Phys. (IT))
Scientific Motivation Overview
- Giovanni Villadoro (Abdus Salam Int. Cent. Theor. Phys. (IT))
09:15 - 10:00
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:00 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 - 10:45
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:45 Coffee
Coffee
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 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 - 12:00
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:00 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 - 12:45
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:45 Extra Discussion
Extra Discussion
12:45 - 13:00
Room: Bernard Sunley Room

13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 13:50
14:00 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))
14:00 - 14:45
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
14:45 Atom Interferometry - Jason Hogan (Stanford)
Atom Interferometry
- Jason Hogan (Stanford)
14:45 - 15:30
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
15:30 Coffee
Coffee
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Trapped Ions, Atomic clocks, fundamental constants. - David Hume (NIST)
Trapped Ions, Atomic clocks, fundamental constants.
- David Hume (NIST)
16:00 - 16:45
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
16:45 Magnetic Resonance and Atomic Clocks - Yevgeny Stadnik (Mainz)
Magnetic Resonance and Atomic Clocks
- Yevgeny Stadnik (Mainz)
16:45 - 17:30
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
17:30 Harnessing quantum technologies in the search for dark matter - Konrad Lehnert (JILA)
Harnessing quantum technologies in the search for dark matter
- Konrad Lehnert (JILA)
17:30 - 18:15
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
18:15 The FNAL Quantum Program - Panagiotis Spentzouris (Fermilab)
The FNAL Quantum Program
- Panagiotis Spentzouris (Fermilab)
18:15 - 19:00
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
19:00 Dinner (self-organized)
Dinner (self-organized)
19:00 - 20:00
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
Wednesday 17 October 2018
09:00 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)
09:00 - 09:35
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
09:35 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)
09:35 - 10:10
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:10 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 - 10:50
Room: Bernard Sunley Room

10:50 Coffee
Coffee
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 Ion Traps 1 - David Lucas (Oxford)
Ion Traps 1
- David Lucas (Oxford)
11:10 - 11:35
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
11:35 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 - 11:55
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
11:55 alpha-dot measurement with an ion Trap - Rachel Godun (NPL)
alpha-dot measurement with an ion Trap
- Rachel Godun (NPL)
11:55 - 12:15
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:15 Quantum Senors Programme at Cambridge - Stafford Withington (Cambridge)
Quantum Senors Programme at Cambridge
- Stafford Withington (Cambridge)
12:15 - 12:35
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:35 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 - 12:55
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:55 Lunch
Lunch
12:55 - 13:45
13:45 Atom Interferometry in the UK & MAGIS-100 - Jon Coleman (University of Liverpool)
Atom Interferometry in the UK & MAGIS-100
- Jon Coleman (University of Liverpool)
13:45 - 14:10
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
14:10 The Atom Interferometer Obsrevatory Network - Oliver Buchmuller (Imperial College (GB))
The Atom Interferometer Obsrevatory Network
- Oliver Buchmuller (Imperial College (GB))
14:10 - 14:25
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
14:25 Levitated quantum optomechanics for fundamental physics - Peter Barker (UCL)
Levitated quantum optomechanics for fundamental physics
- Peter Barker (UCL)
14:25 - 14:45
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
14:45 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)
14:45 - 15:10
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
15:10 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)
15:10 - 15:35
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
15:35 Coffee - Stig Topp-Jorgenson
Coffee
- Stig Topp-Jorgenson
15:35 - 15:55
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
15:55 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)
15:55 - 16:25
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
16:25 Super Conducting Qubits - Peter Leek
Super Conducting Qubits
- Peter Leek
16:25 - 16:55
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
16:55 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)
16:55 - 17:10
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
17:10 quantum simulators of fundamental physics - Silke Weinfurtner (Nottingham)
quantum simulators of fundamental physics
- Silke Weinfurtner (Nottingham)
17:10 - 17:25
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
17:25 Town Hall
Town Hall
17:25 - 18:25
Room: Bernard Sunley Room

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