PPT-Gravitational Wave Detection and Dark Matter Searches with Atom Interferometry

Tim Kovachy Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for Fundamental Physics Northwestern University NPS Colloquium February 1 2019 Conceptual overview of atom interferometry Motivation for gravitational wave detection in the midband frequency range of 01 Hz to 10 Hz. Roberta Sparvoli. Rome . “. Tor Vergata. ”. . University. and . INFN, ITALY. PCC 2011 - CERN. SIGNALS . from. RELIC . WIMPs. Direct . searches. :. . elastic. . scattering. of a WIMP off detector . Axion Dark Matter. Georg G. . Raffelt. , Max-Planck-. Institut. f. ür Physik, . München. Physics Colloquium, University of Sydney, 3 March 2014. Axions. as Cold Dark Matter of the Universe. Dark . Jon Coleman, Royal Society Research Fellow . To detect and measure effects of Dark Energy density or any dark contents of the vacuum (DCV) . 2. Many thanks to the support of the:. Liverpool Particle Physics Group. limits on . dark . energy. Jun. 17. 2011. Geena Kim. P. Hamilton, D. Schlippe, and H. Mueller. University of California, Berkeley. Paul Hamilton. Müller group. University of California at Berkeley. . D.S. . Hajdukovic. GBAR Collaboration Meeting. 18. th. April 2012. Our best physics . The Standard Model of Particles and Fields. +. . General Relativity . is . considered. as insufficient to explain the observed phenomena in Astrophysics and Cosmology.. Clare Burrage. University of Nottingham. Clare.Burrage@nottingham.ac.uk. Outline:. Chameleon dark energy. A . review of atom interferometry. Dark energy in the laboratory. Solutions to the Cosmological Constant Problem. Overview of Why and How. Dan Burbank and Tony Young. AST5022. Introduction. Background. Physics. Sources. Detectors and Detector Implications. Questions. Gravitational Waves . Speed-of-light wave propagation solution of Einstein’s Field Equations. D.S. . Hajdukovic. GBAR Collaboration Meeting. 18. th. April 2012. Our best physics . The Standard Model of Particles and Fields. +. . General Relativity . is . considered. as insufficient to explain the observed phenomena in Astrophysics and Cosmology.. DARK MATTER &DARK ENERGY. We know about only normal matter which is only 5% of the composition of universe and the rest is . DARK MATTER & DARK ENERGY. DARK MATTER. Susan Cartwright. University of Sheffield. 1. Dark Matter. Astrophysical Evidence. Candidates. Detection. 2. The Astrophysical Evidence. Rotation curves of spiral galaxies. flat at large radii: if mass traced light we would expect them to be . Dr. Simona . Murgia. (UC, Irvine). Dr. Will Dawson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory). Carolyn Slivinski (STScI). Facilitator: Dr. Emma Marcucci (STScI). Science Briefing. October . 5. , 2017. John . Moffat. Perimeter Institute. Miami 2015 Conference. Fort Lauderdale, December 16, 2015. 2015-12-21. 1. 2. 2015-12-21. 3. https://angel.co/mog. 2015-12-21. Introduction. Observations of the dynamics of galaxies as well as the dynamics. Gravity . and Light. Black Holes. What is Dark Matter?. Recap. Midterm . Friday . 11/. 1: summary review sheet posted. Canvas homework : . due Wednesday. Lab this week. Using . gravity to measure . masses. Niayesh Afshordi. Western University. Friday, April 13, 2012. “Friday . the 13th. . is a date considered to be bad luck in. . Western. . superstition. .” . -Wikipedia. . Outline. Introduction: Cold Dark Matter (CDM) .