The Ultra-Light Frontier
from
Monday 15 June 2015 (08:00)
to
Friday 19 June 2015 (18:00)
Monday 15 June 2015
09:45
Registration/Coffee/Light Breakfast
Registration/Coffee/Light Breakfast
09:45 - 10:30
10:30
Welcome
-
Dmitry Budker
Surjeet Rajendran
(
UC Berkeley
)
Welcome
Dmitry Budker
Surjeet Rajendran
(
UC Berkeley
)
10:30 - 10:40
Room: 02.430
10:40
Axion Landscape
-
Georg Raffelt
Axion Landscape
Georg Raffelt
10:40 - 11:20
Room: 02.430
11:20
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 - 12:00
Room: 02.430
12:00
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 14:30
14:30
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
14:30 - 15:30
Room: 02.430
15:30
Axion Dark Matter eXperiment - High Frequencies
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Maria Simanovskaia
Axion Dark Matter eXperiment - High Frequencies
Maria Simanovskaia
15:30 - 16:00
Room: 02.430
16:00
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
16:00 - 16:30
Tuesday 16 June 2015
09:30
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
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 - 10:45
Room: 02.430
10:45
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 - 11:30
Room: 02.430
11:30
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 - 12:00
Room: 02.430
12:00
Ultra-ultra-light Axions
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Josef Pradler
Ultra-ultra-light Axions
Josef Pradler
12:00 - 12:30
Room: 02.430
12:30
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 15:30
15:30
Cookies at the Institute for Nuclear Physics
Cookies at the Institute for Nuclear Physics
15:30 - 16:00
16:15
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
16:15 - 17:00
Room: Lecture Hall, Nuclear Physics
Wednesday 17 June 2015
09:30
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
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 - 11:00
Room: 02.430
11:00
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 - 11:30
Room: 02.430
11:30
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 - 12:00
Room: 02.430
12:00
Break
Break
12:00 - 16:00
16:00
Excursion (followed by a dinner together)
Excursion (followed by a dinner together)
16:00 - 20:00
Thursday 18 June 2015
09:30
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Hints for hunts of axions
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Andreas Ringwald
Hints for hunts of axions
Andreas Ringwald
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 02.430
10:45
New physics searches with atomic dysprosium
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Nathan Leefer
New physics searches with atomic dysprosium
Nathan Leefer
10:45 - 11:15
Room: 02.430
11:15
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 - 12:00
Room: 02.430
12:00
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 14:30
14:30
Axion-induced EDMs in paramagnetic systems
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Ben Roberts
Axion-induced EDMs in paramagnetic systems
Ben Roberts
14:30 - 15:00
Room: 02.430
15:00
Detecting Axions with UCNs at PSI
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Samer Afach
Detecting Axions with UCNs at PSI
Samer Afach
15:00 - 15:30
Room: 02.430
15:30
Status of ADMX, the Axion Dark Matter Experiment
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Gray Rybka
Status of ADMX, the Axion Dark Matter Experiment
Gray Rybka
15:30 - 16:00
Room: 02.430
16:00
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
16:00 - 16:30
Friday 19 June 2015
09:30
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
Good Morning - Coffee at the MITP Lounge
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
The meV frontier of Axion Physics
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Javier Redondo
The meV frontier of Axion Physics
Javier Redondo
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 02.430
10:45
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 - 11:15
Room: 02.430
11:15
GPS as a dark matter detector
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Andrei Derevianko
GPS as a dark matter detector
Andrei Derevianko
11:15 - 12:00
Room: 02.430
12:00
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
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
14:00 - 15:00
Room: 02.430
15:00
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
Break - Coffee will be provided at the MITP Lounge
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
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
15:30 - 16:30
Room: 02.430
16:30
Precessing Ferromagnetic Needle Magnetometer
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Dmitry Budker
Precessing Ferromagnetic Needle Magnetometer
Dmitry Budker
16:30 - 17:00
Room: 02.430