Name: GUINEAPIG 2023 Workshop on Light Dark Matter
Start: 2023-07-11T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-07-13T20:00:00-04:00
Location: No location set

GUINEAPIG 2023 Workshop on Light Dark Matter

from Tuesday, 11 July 2023 (10:00) to Thursday, 13 July 2023 (20:00)

Monday, 10 July 2023
Tuesday, 11 July 2023

10:00

10:00 - 10:15
10:15 Probing cosmic histories in the lab - Jessie Shelton (UIUC)
Probing cosmic histories in the lab
- Jessie Shelton (UIUC)
10:15 - 10:45
10:45 New Opportunities to Detect Axion Dark Matter - Asher Berlin (Fermilab)
New Opportunities to Detect Axion Dark Matter
- Asher Berlin (Fermilab)
10:45 - 11:15
11:15

11:15 - 11:45

11:45 Lunch
Lunch
11:45 - 12:45
12:45 Improving dark matter sensitivities with new ionization detectors - Daniel Egaña-Ugrinovic (Perimeter Institute)
Improving dark matter sensitivities with new ionization detectors
- Daniel Egaña-Ugrinovic (Perimeter Institute)
12:45 - 13:15
13:15 New directions for direct detection with dielectrics - Ben Lehmann (MIT)
New directions for direct detection with dielectrics
- Ben Lehmann (MIT)
13:15 - 13:45
13:45

13:45 - 14:15

14:15 Break
Break
14:15 - 14:45
14:45 The entanglement of quantum computing and dark matter searches - Christopher Wilson (University of Waterloo)
The entanglement of quantum computing and dark matter searches
- Christopher Wilson (University of Waterloo)
14:45 - 15:15
15:15 Leveraging Quantum Sensors for Dark Matter Detection - Daniel Baxter (University of Chicago)
Leveraging Quantum Sensors for Dark Matter Detection
- Daniel Baxter (University of Chicago)
15:15 - 15:45
15:45 Sub-GeV DM Detection using Superconducting Tunnel Junction Sensors - Geon-Bo Kim (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Sub-GeV DM Detection using Superconducting Tunnel Junction Sensors
- Geon-Bo Kim (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
15:45 - 16:15
16:15

16:15 - 16:45

18:00

18:00 - 20:00
Wednesday, 12 July 2023

10:00

10:00 - 10:15
10:15 Searching for sub-GeV dark matter with SuperCDMS - Ziqing Hong (University of Toronto)
Searching for sub-GeV dark matter with SuperCDMS
- Ziqing Hong (University of Toronto)
10:15 - 10:45
10:45 Reaching the meV Scale for Direct Detection with Quantum Sensors - Noah Kurinsky (SLAC)
Reaching the meV Scale for Direct Detection with Quantum Sensors
- Noah Kurinsky (SLAC)
10:45 - 11:15
11:15

11:15 - 11:45

11:45 Lunch
Lunch
11:45 - 12:45
12:45 Latest results from the NEWS-G experiment - Jean-Marie Coquillat (Queen's University)
Latest results from the NEWS-G experiment
- Jean-Marie Coquillat (Queen's University)
12:45 - 13:15
13:15 QUEST-DMC: Probing Dark Matter with Nanowires, Superfluid Helium-3 and Quantum Sensors - Paolo Franchini (University of Lancaster)
QUEST-DMC: Probing Dark Matter with Nanowires, Superfluid Helium-3 and Quantum Sensors
- Paolo Franchini (University of Lancaster)
13:15 - 13:45
13:45

13:45 - 14:15

14:15 Break
Break
14:15 - 14:45
14:45 Expanding Dark Matter Direct Detection Reach Through Loops - Melissa Diamond (Queen's University)
Expanding Dark Matter Direct Detection Reach Through Loops
- Melissa Diamond (Queen's University)
14:45 - 15:15
15:15 Thermal-ish targets for Dirac-ish dark matter - Saniya Heeba (McGill University)
Thermal-ish targets for Dirac-ish dark matter
- Saniya Heeba (McGill University)
15:15 - 15:45
15:45 Update on the Montreal X17 Search Experiment - Viktor Zacek (University of Montreal)
Update on the Montreal X17 Search Experiment
- Viktor Zacek (University of Montreal)
15:45 - 16:15
16:15

16:15 - 16:45
Thursday, 13 July 2023

10:00

10:00 - 10:15
10:15 Progress Toward Low-Mass Dark Matter Detection with Superfluid He (HeRALD) and Polar Crystals (SPICE) - David Osterman (University of Massachusetts)
Progress Toward Low-Mass Dark Matter Detection with Superfluid He (HeRALD) and Polar Crystals (SPICE)
- David Osterman (University of Massachusetts)
10:15 - 10:45
We report on the recent progress of the SPICE/HeRALD (or TESSERACT) collaboration in developing detectors for dark matter masses down to 10MeV with the potential to upgrade for reach down to sub-MeV masses. SPICE and HeRALD are currently in an R&D phase of pushing the recoil energy thresholds of Transition Edge Sensors (TES) down to the sub-eV range, which can then be applied to well-motivated target materials. HeRALD uses superfluid 4He as a target, which has the advantage of a low-mass target nucleus and quantum evaporation-based detection of phonon energy. SPICE employs crystalline targets such as the polar crystals GaAs and Sapphire, which couple strongly to dark photon mediated DM. Both experiments are currently making pushes to reduce the ubiquitous low-energy excess background, which originates from spontaneous phonon emission by the calorimeter materials themselves and likely is the primary background in phonon-based detector experiments at eV-scales.
10:45 CUTE: A Cryogenic Underground TEst Facility at SNOLAB - Andy Kubik (SNOLAB)
CUTE: A Cryogenic Underground TEst Facility at SNOLAB
- Andy Kubik (SNOLAB)
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 An Analytic Approach to Light Dark Matter Attenuation - Christopher Cappiello (Queen's University)
An Analytic Approach to Light Dark Matter Attenuation
- Christopher Cappiello (Queen's University)
11:15 - 11:45
11:45

11:45 - 12:15

12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:15

13:15 Ice Cream March
Ice Cream March
13:15 - 15:15