Title: ADMX-Gen2 — an axion dark matter radio.
Speaker: Aaron Chou, Fermilab
Abstract: Originally proposed to solve the mystery of the vanishing neutron electric dipole moment, axions have emerged as one of the leading candidates to explain the dark matter of the universe. In this seminar, I will explain the principles of the resonant microwave cavity technique used by the ADMX experiment to directly detect the local flux of dark matter axions, and the challenges that will be faced as the search for the dark matter broadcast frequency progresses from the 1 GHz band up to 10 GHz and beyond. I will also describe current efforts to utilize superconducting qubits developed for quantum computing as quantum non-demolition photon detectors for higher frequencies 10-100 GHz.
Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, HEP