2021 Lawrence Workshop on Tunable Plasmonic Haloscopes
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Scientific program
Wednesday, May 5
All times shown are ordered PST / EDT / CEST
Session 1
7 am / 10 am / 4 pm
A primer on the Axion
- The axion in particle physics
- The axion in cosmology and astrophysics
Session 2
7:55 am / 10:55 am / 4:55 pm
Overview of Dark Matter Axion Experiments
- The Sikivie microwave cavity experiment
- Generalizations of Primakoff-based experiments
- Limitations of the microwave cavity experiment
- Criteria for resonators – why is it difficult
- Perspective on limitations of the cavity paradigm
Javier Redondo
with collaborator Karl van Bibber
Session 3
8:50 am / 11:50 am / 5:50 pm
The Tunable Plasmonic Haloscope – Overview
- Metamaterial modeling studies- Sid
- 2D wire array plasmonic resonators- Al
- Solid-state studies- Nate Newman
Session 4
9:40 am / 12:40 am / 6:40 pm
Plans for FNAL facility
End of Wednesday Sessions
10 am / 1 pm / 7 pm
Thursday, May 6
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Opening Remarks
7 am / 10 am / 4 pm
Eli Yablonovitch
Session 1
7:10 am / 10:10 am / 4:10 pm
Readout, single & multiple photon detectors, antennas, squeezed states
Session 2
7:40 am / 10:40 am / 4:40 pm
Wire Metamaterials
Session 3
8:10 am / 11:10 am / 5:10 pm
Superconducting magnets
Tasking groups to develop R&D goals and point-design
8:40 am / 11:40 am / 5:40 pm
Karl von Bibber
Alex Millar
Frank Wilczek
Break up into working groups
START 8:55 am / 11:55 am / 5:55 pm
BREAK 9:20 am / 12:20 pm / 6:20 pm (10 min)
Plasmonic resonators
Lead
Sid Morampudi, MIT
Kick-off speakers
Saad Al Kenany, U.C. Berkeley
Steven Anlage, Univ. of Maryland
Infrastructure, magnet
Lead
Matthew Lawson, Stockholm U.
Kick-off speakers
Pierre Pugnat, CNRS-U. Grenoble-Alpes
Jérémie Quevillon, CNRS
Photon detectors, antennas, squeezed states
Lead
Jon Gudmundsson, Stockholm U.
Kick-off speakers
Kelly Backes, Yale University
Tony Tyson, U.C. Davis
Point design
Leads
Karl van Bibber, U.C. Berkeley
Alex Millar, Stockholm U.
Kick-off speakers
Stefan Knirck, Fermi lab
Konrad Lehnert, U. Colorado Boulder
End of Thursday Sessions
10 am / 1 pm / 7 pm
Friday, May 7
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Working groups reconvene
7 am / 10 am / 4 pm
Groups have 45 minutes to prepare presentations
Group Reports
Photon detectors, antennas, squeezed states
7:45 am / 10:45 am / 4:45 pm
Plasmonic resonators (metamaterials and solid-state)
8:00 am / 11:00 am / 5:00 pm
Infrastructure, magnet
8:15 am / 11:15 am / 5:15 pm
Point design
8:30 am / 11:30 am / 5:30 pm
Kent Irwin
8:45 am / 11:45 am / 5:45 pm
Overview and perspective of results
Karl Van Bibber
9:05 am / 12:05 am / 6:05 pm
Overview and perspective of results
Open Discussion
9:25 am / 12:25 pm / 6:25 pm
Including teaming and plans for next meeting
Closing remarks
9:55 am / 12:55 am / 6:55 pm
Frank, Karl, Alex, Nate
End of Workshop
10 am / 1 pm / 7 pm