Name: The Ultra-Light Frontier
Start: 2015-06-15T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2015-06-19T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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) - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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) - 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 - 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 - Dmitry Budker
Precessing Ferromagnetic Needle Magnetometer
- Dmitry Budker
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: 02.430