7–10 Nov 2023
SLAC
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Accelerating dark matter axion searches with quantum measurement and cavity innovation with HAYSTAC Experiment:

10 Nov 2023, 09:15
15m
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium (SLAC)

51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium

SLAC

2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
150
Oral RDC8: Quantum and Superconducting Sensors RDC8

Speaker

Xiran Bai (Yale University)

Description

The HAYSTAC Collaboration is actively searching for axion cold dark matter using a resonant microwave cavity and quantum squeezed state receiver. With axion mass and coupling strength unknown, a crucial metric is the scanning rate across their parameter space. Recent advancements in squeezed state receivers have doubled the scanning rate. This talk will discuss HAYSTAC's current instrumentation and future plans to explore higher axion masses.

Early Career Yes

Primary author

Xiran Bai (Yale University)

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