The Ultra-Light Frontier
from
Monday, June 15, 2015 (8:00 AM)
to
Friday, June 19, 2015 (6:00 PM)
Monday, June 15, 2015
9:45 AM
Registration/Coffee/Light Breakfast
Registration/Coffee/Light Breakfast
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Welcome
-
Dmitry Budker
Surjeet Rajendran
(
UC Berkeley
)
Welcome
Dmitry Budker
Surjeet Rajendran
(
UC Berkeley
)
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: 02.430
10:40 AM
Axion Landscape
-
Georg Raffelt
Axion Landscape
Georg Raffelt
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
Room: 02.430
11:20 AM
CASPEr: the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment
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Derek Jackson Kimball
CASPEr: the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment
Derek Jackson Kimball
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 02.430
12:00 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Towards a resolution of the Strong CP-problem: proton EDM and axions
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Yannis Semertzidis
Towards a resolution of the Strong CP-problem: proton EDM and axions
Yannis Semertzidis
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 02.430
3:30 PM
Axion Dark Matter eXperiment - High Frequencies
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Maria Simanovskaia
Axion Dark Matter eXperiment - High Frequencies
Maria Simanovskaia
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: 02.430
4:00 PM
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
9:30 AM
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Cosmological Relaxation of the Electroweak Scale
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Surjeet Rajendran
(
UC Berkeley
)
Cosmological Relaxation of the Electroweak Scale
Surjeet Rajendran
(
UC Berkeley
)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 02.430
10:45 AM
Precision measurements with an atomic co-magnetometer at the South Pole
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Michael Romalis
Precision measurements with an atomic co-magnetometer at the South Pole
Michael Romalis
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: 02.430
11:30 AM
Searching for Ghosts with NMR: Experimental Aspects of CASPEr
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John Blanchard
Searching for Ghosts with NMR: Experimental Aspects of CASPEr
John Blanchard
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 02.430
12:00 PM
Ultra-ultra-light Axions
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Josef Pradler
Ultra-ultra-light Axions
Josef Pradler
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: 02.430
12:30 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Cookies at the Institute for Nuclear Physics
Cookies at the Institute for Nuclear Physics
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:15 PM
Colloquium: New effects of dark matter which are linear in the interaction strength (followed by wine and pretzels)
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Victor Flambaum
Colloquium: New effects of dark matter which are linear in the interaction strength (followed by wine and pretzels)
Victor Flambaum
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Lecture Hall, Nuclear Physics
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
9:30 AM
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
From 10^-20 to 10^60 eV: looking for dark matter over a broad range of possibilities
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Maxim Pospelov
From 10^-20 to 10^60 eV: looking for dark matter over a broad range of possibilities
Maxim Pospelov
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: 02.430
11:00 AM
Global Network of Optical Magnetometers for Exotic physics
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Szymon Pustelny
Global Network of Optical Magnetometers for Exotic physics
Szymon Pustelny
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: 02.430
11:30 AM
Nuclear spin precession in ultra low fields - a probe for physics beyond the standard model
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Lutz Trahms
Nuclear spin precession in ultra low fields - a probe for physics beyond the standard model
Lutz Trahms
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 02.430
12:00 PM
Break
Break
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Excursion (followed by a dinner together)
Excursion (followed by a dinner together)
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Thursday, June 18, 2015
9:30 AM
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Hints for hunts of axions
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Andreas Ringwald
Hints for hunts of axions
Andreas Ringwald
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 02.430
10:45 AM
New physics searches with atomic dysprosium
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Nathan Leefer
New physics searches with atomic dysprosium
Nathan Leefer
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 02.430
11:15 AM
Search for dark photons at MAMI and MESA
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Harald Merkel
(
Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
)
Search for dark photons at MAMI and MESA
Harald Merkel
(
Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 02.430
12:00 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Axion-induced EDMs in paramagnetic systems
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Ben Roberts
Axion-induced EDMs in paramagnetic systems
Ben Roberts
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: 02.430
3:00 PM
Detecting Axions with UCNs at PSI
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Samer Afach
Detecting Axions with UCNs at PSI
Samer Afach
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 02.430
3:30 PM
Status of ADMX, the Axion Dark Matter Experiment
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Gray Rybka
Status of ADMX, the Axion Dark Matter Experiment
Gray Rybka
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: 02.430
4:00 PM
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Friday, June 19, 2015
9:30 AM
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
The meV frontier of Axion Physics
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Javier Redondo
The meV frontier of Axion Physics
Javier Redondo
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 02.430
10:45 AM
Electric dipole moments of hadrons in atoms, molecules, and solids
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Oleg Sushkov
Electric dipole moments of hadrons in atoms, molecules, and solids
Oleg Sushkov
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: 02.430
11:15 AM
GPS as a dark matter detector
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Andrei Derevianko
GPS as a dark matter detector
Andrei Derevianko
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 02.430
12:00 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Magnetic Resonance with Single Nuclear-Spin Sensitivity (joint with Mainz Magnetic Resonance Seminar)
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Alex Sushkov
Magnetic Resonance with Single Nuclear-Spin Sensitivity (joint with Mainz Magnetic Resonance Seminar)
Alex Sushkov
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: 02.430
3:00 PM
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Manifestations of Dark matter in atomic and astrophysical phenomena
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Victor Flambaum
Manifestations of Dark matter in atomic and astrophysical phenomena
Victor Flambaum
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 02.430
4:30 PM
Precessing Ferromagnetic Needle Magnetometer
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Dmitry Budker
Precessing Ferromagnetic Needle Magnetometer
Dmitry Budker
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: 02.430