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HEPL / KIPAC Seminar
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Rana Adhikari
Caltech
Quantum "limits" for Interferometric Detection of Dark Matter
Abstract: The LIGO detectors have started search for astrophysical gravitational wave signals and have now collected one month of data. In order to bring the detectors to their quantum limits, a menagerie of terrestrial noise sources must be overcome.
In studying these interactions, three things have become clear:
- Science is hard
- There are ways to search for dark matter with the LIGO detectors
- There are clever ways to evade the so-called 'quantum limits' for high precision force sensors.
Bio: Not Available
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Physics/Astrophysics Bldg., Kistler Conference Rooms 102/103 (Map)
(Light refreshments available 3:45pm; Presentation begins at 4:00pm)
Open to All
