Developing New Directions in Fundamental Physics (DND) 2020

4 Nov 2020, 08:15 → 6 Nov 2020, 18:00 America/Vancouver

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DND2020 will be held fully online on Nov. 4-6, 2020 due to COVID-19. We will hold future iterations in this series in person once it is safe to do so. New Avenues to Probe Fundamental Physics in the Pacific Northwest

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Wednesday, 4 November

08:15 → 08:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks

08:30 → 12:20 Plenary: Morning

Convener: David McKeen (TRIUMF)

08:30 Probing the Dark Sector with Atoms and Nuclei

Speaker: Surjeet Rajendran (Johns Hopkins University)

Slides DND2020.pdf

Video RAJENDRAN.mp4

09:00 Discussion

09:10 TRIUMF Accelerator Capabilities, Present and Future

Speaker: Prof. Oliver Kester (TRIUMF)

Slides DND_2020_ACC_TRIUMF_O_Kester.pdf

Video KESTER.mp4

09:40 Discussion

09:50 The Physics Program at TRIUMF

An overview is given of the physics portfolio for the on-site and off-site program at TRIUMF.

Speaker: Prof. Jens Dilling (TRIUMF)

Slides New_Directions_TRIUMF_Overview_JD_final.pdf

Video DILLING.mp4

10:20 Discussion

10:30 Break

11:00 Fundamental physics with molecules: From electric dipole moments to dark matter candidates

Speaker: Robert Berger (Philipps-Universität Marburg)

Slides rb_dnd2020a.pdf

11:30 Discussion

11:40 Experimental Perspectives on Fundamental Physics with Molecules

Speaker: Nicholas Hutzler (Caltech)

Slides 2020_11_DND.pdf

Video HUTZLER.mp4

12:10 Discussion

12:20 → 13:20 Break

13:20 → 16:30 Plenary: Afternoon

Convener: Prof. David Hertzog (University of Washington)

13:20 Tests of lepton flavor universality and CKM unitarity

Speaker: Martin Hoferichter (Universität Bern)

Slides Talk_hoferichter.pdf

Video HOFERICHTER.mp4

13:50 Discussion

14:00 Exploring Flavor Physics with Pions and Kaons

Speaker: Douglas Bryman (TRIUMF/UBC)

Slides DND2020_DB.pdf

Video BRYMAN.mp4

14:30 Discussion

14:40 Break

15:10 EDM prospects: experiments and interpretation

Speaker: Tim Chupp (University of Michigan)

Slides TRIUMFFutureDirectionsTalk2020.pdf

Video CHUPP.mp4

15:40 Discussion

15:50 Beyond the Standard Model Across the Spectra

Speaker: Masha Baryakhtar (University of Washington/NYU)

Slides TRIUMF_DND.pdf

Video BARYAKHTAR.mp4

16:20 Discussion

Thursday, 5 November

09:00 → 13:00 WG: New ideas to probe fundamental physics with nucleons and molecules (EDMs, precision measurements, etc.): Parallel Session

Conveners: Dr Adam Ritz (University of Victoria), Dr Beatrice Franke (TRIUMF)

slides P1parallel_summary.pdf

09:00 Introduction

Speaker: Adam Ritz (University of Victoria)

09:10 EDMs and molecules: state of the art and prospects for rapid improvements in hadronic and leptonic CP violation

Speaker: Prof. Dave DeMille

Slides DeMILLE.pptx

Video DEMILLE.mp4

09:45 Assembling and disassembling molecules for quantum science and precision measurement

Speaker: Dr Will Cairncross (Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University)

Slides cairncross_DND2020.pdf

Video CAIRNCROSS.mp4

10:05 Probing Physics Beyond the Standard Model with the JILA eEDM Experiment

Speaker: Kia Boon Ng (JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder)

Slides DND2020_upload.pdf

Video NG.mp4

10:25 Discussion

10:55 Health break

11:20 Extending the reach of fundamental symmetries research with beta decay and measurements with polarized ultracold neutrons

Speaker: Prof. Albert Young

Slides YOUNG.pdf

Video YOUNG.mp4

11:55 Probing for BSM physics through Precision Measurements of the Neutron Lifetime and the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment

Speaker: Prof. Chen-Yu Liu

Slides 2020_11_Triumf_UCN_Liu.pdf

Video LIU.mp4

12:30 Discussion

Slides neutron-discussion-v3.pdf neutron-discussion-v3.pptx

09:00 → 13:00 WG: Pions, muons, ...: Parallel Session

Conveners: Prof. David Hertzog (University of Washington), Mr Kammel Peter (UW, Seattle and CENPA)

09:00 The physics of lepton flavor universality and CKM unitarity

Speaker: Vincenzo Cirigliano (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Slides DND-2020-cirigliano-indico.key DND-2020-cirigliano.pdf

Video CIRIGLIANO.mp4

09:30 The MEG II experiment and a new idea for the precision test on LUV with the LXe detector

Speaker: Dr Toshiyuki Iwamoto (The University of Tokyo)

Slides LFUV_iwamoto_server.key LFUV_iwamoto_server.pdf

Video IWAMOTO.mp4

10:00 Fast silicon detector technologies for 4D tracking in future HEP experiments

Speaker: Dr Simone Michele Mazza (UC Santa Cruz)

Slides 041020_4D_tracking_DND2020_Mazza.pdf 041020_4D_tracking_DND2020_Mazza.pptx

Video MAZZA.mp4

10:30 Discussion

10:45 Break

11:00 Lessons learned from the PiBeta and PEN experiments

Speaker: Prof. Dinko Pocanic (University of Virginia)

Slides PiBeta_PEN_Pocanic.pdf

Video POCANIC.mp4

11:30 Lessons learned from PIENU

Speaker: Dr Sullivan Tristan (University of Victoria)

Slides LessonsLearned.odp LessonsLearned.pdf

Video SULLIVAN.mp4

12:00 Pion and muon beams at PSI, performance and plans

Speaker: Andreas Knecht (Paul Scherrer Institut)

Slides Andreas_Knecht_-_Pion_&_Muon_Beams_at_PSI_-_DND_2020.key Andreas_Knecht_-_Pion_&_Muon_Beams_at_PSI_-_DND_2020.pdf

Video KNECHT.mp4

12:30 Discussion

13:00 → 14:00 Break

14:00 → 18:00 WG: E-Linac Opportunities: Parallel Session

Convener: David McKeen (TRIUMF)

14:00 Electron beams and new physics

Speaker: Brian Batell (University of Pittsburgh)

Slides DND-Batell.pdf

Video BATELL.mp4

14:30 Electron beam dump experiments

Speaker: Dr Luca Doria (TRIUMF)

Slides Doria_ARIEL2020.pdf

Video DORIA.mp4

15:00 Discussion

15:30 Break

16:00 The DarkLight experiment

Speaker: Jan Bernauer (Stony Brook University)

Slides dl_triumf.pdf

Video BERNAUER.mp4

16:30 Electron beams and missing momentum

Speaker: Nikita Blinov (Fermilab)

Slides pres.pdf

Video BLINOV.mp4

17:00 Discussion

14:00 → 18:00 WG: New Physics with Radioactives: Parallel Session

Conveners: Alejandro Garcia (University of Washington), John Behr (TRIUMF)

14:00 Novel methods required to link the RIB and AMO techniques for future BSM physics studies

Speaker: Stephan Ettenauer (CERN)

Slides ETTENAUER.mp4 malbrunotEttenauer_TRIUMF_DND2020.pdf

14:30 Beta Decay overview and future

Speaker: Leendert Hayen (North Carolina St.)

Slides Hayen_DND_4_11_20.pdf HAYEN.mp4

15:00 Fierz term from Cyclotron Resonance Electron Spectroscopy

Speaker: Brent Graner (University of Washington)

Slides Graner_He6_CRES_2020_11_05.pdf GRANER.mp4

15:30 Break And Discussion

15:50 Beyond Standard Model Neutrino Studies with Rare Isotopes in Quantum Sensors

Speaker: Kyle Leach (Colorado School of Mines)

Slides 20201105_DND_NeutrinosRIBSandSTJs.pdf LEACH.mp4

16:20 Generalized King linearity and new physics searches with isotope shifts

Speaker: Julian Berengut (University of New South Wales)

Slides BERENGUT.mp4 Isotopes_Triumf.pdf

16:50 Discussion and Break

14:00 → 18:00 WG: New Technologies and Techniques: Parallel Session

Conveners: Prof. Alvaro Chavarria (University of Washington), Prof. Gray Rybka (University of Washington), Dr Makoto Fujiwara (TRIUMF), Dr Oliver Stelzer-Chilton (TRIUMF)

14:00 Superconducting Quantum Sensors and Tests of Quantum Mechanics

Speaker: Dr Weijian Chen (Washington University in St Louis)

Slides DND2020_superconducting_sensor_Weijian.pdf

Video CHEN.mp4

14:30 Tabletop experiments for quantum gravity

Speaker: Dr Dan Carney (University of Maryland/Fermilab)

Slides dnd2020-slides-carney.pdf

Video CARNEY.mp4

15:00 Atomic clocks for fundamental physics

Speaker: Dr Jun Ye (JILA/NIST/University of Colorado)

Slides DND_Clock-funda_phys_Ye_final.pptx

Video YE.mp4

15:30 Health Break

15:50 Dark matter searches with accelerometers

Speaker: Prof. Jens Gundlach (University of Washington)

16:20 Atom Interferometry for Fundamental Physics

Speaker: Dr Cristian Panda (University of California Berkeley)

Slides Cris Panda Atom Interferometry DND20

Video PANDA.mp4

16:50 Laboratory neutrino mass measurements

Speaker: Dr Elise Novitski (Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington)

Slides Novitski_direct_neutrino_mass_DND_20201105.pdf

Video NOVITSKI.mp4

17:20 New techniques for precision measurements on simple atoms/molecules

Speaker: Dr Makoto Fujiwara (TRIUMF)

Slides DND2020_Fujiwara_v2.pdf

Video FUJIWARA.mp4

17:40 Additional Discussion Time

Friday, 6 November

09:00 → 09:30 WG: New ideas to probe fundamental physics with nucleons and molecules (EDMs, precision measurements, etc.): Summary and Outlook

slides P1parallel_summary.pdf

09:00 Summary and Outlook

Speakers: Dr Adam Ritz (University of Victoria), Dr Beatrice Franke (TRIUMF)

Slides P1parallel_summary_v2.pdf

Video DND_Friday_Recap_1-WG_New_ideas_to_probe_fundamental_physics_with_nucleons_and_molecules.mp4

09:20 Discussion

09:30 → 10:00 WG: Pions, muons, ...: Summary and Outlook

09:30 Summary and Outlook

Speakers: Prof. David Hertzog (University of Washington), Prof. Peter Kammel (UW and CENPA, Seattle)

Slides PiMuSummary-combined_final.pdf PiMuSummary-combined_final.pptx

Video DND_Friday_Recap_2-WG_Pions,_muons.mp4

09:50 Discussion

10:00 → 10:30 WG: New Technologies and Techniques: Summary and Outlook

10:00 Summary and Outlook

Speaker: Prof. Gray RYBKA (University of Washington)

Slides dnd_new_techniques_summary.pdf

Video DND_Friday_Recap_3-WG_New_Technologies_and_Techniques.mp4

10:20 Discussion

10:30 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 11:30 WG: New Physics with Radioactives: Summary and Outlook

11:00 Summary and Outlook

Speakers: Alejandro Garcia (University of Washington), John Behr (TRIUMF)

Slides DND2020_RadAMO_BehrSummary.pdf P4-b-summary_Garcia.pptx

Video DND_Friday_Recap_4-WG_New_Physics_with_Radioactives.mp4

11:20 Discussion

11:30 → 12:00 WG: E-Linac Opportunities: Summary and Outlook

11:30 Summary and Outlook

Speaker: David McKeen (TRIUMF)

Slides elinacWG.pdf

Video DND_Friday_Recap_5-WG_E-Linac_Opportunities.mp4

11:50 Discussion

12:00 → 12:15 Closing Remarks & Future Charge

12:00 Outlook and closing remarks

Speaker: Prof. Jens Dilling (TRIUMF)

Video DND_Friday_Recap_6-Closing_Remarks_&_Future_Charge.mp4