Name: UK HEP Forum 2020: Quantum leaps to the dark side
Start: 2020-11-09T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-11-11T15:30:00+00:00
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UK HEP Forum 2020: Quantum leaps to the dark side

from Monday, 9 November 2020 (09:00) to Wednesday, 11 November 2020 (15:30)

Monday, 9 November 2020
09:15 Welcome - David Newbold (University of Bristol / Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
Welcome
- David Newbold (University of Bristol / Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
09:15 - 09:30
09:30 Quantum technology landscape in the UK - Ian Shipsey (Oxford University)
Quantum technology landscape in the UK
- Ian Shipsey (Oxford University)
09:30 - 10:05
10:15 AION - Oliver Buchmueller (Imperial College)
AION
- Oliver Buchmueller (Imperial College)
10:15 - 10:50
11:00 Coffee / Tea
Coffee / Tea
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 A network of clocks to measure the stability of fundamental constants - Giovanni Barontini (Univ. of Birmingham)
A network of clocks to measure the stability of fundamental constants
- Giovanni Barontini (Univ. of Birmingham)
11:15 - 11:50
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00 Quantum Enhanced Superfluid Technologies for Dark Matter and Cosmology - Andrew Casey (RHUL)
Quantum Enhanced Superfluid Technologies for Dark Matter and Cosmology
- Andrew Casey (RHUL)
14:00 - 14:35
14:45 Quantum Sensing for the Hidden Sector - Edward Daw (University of Sheffield)
Quantum Sensing for the Hidden Sector
- Edward Daw (University of Sheffield)
14:45 - 15:20
15:29 End of day 1
End of day 1
15:29 - 15:30
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
09:15 Quantum-Enhanced Interferometry for New Physics - Hartmut Grote (Cardiff University)
Quantum-Enhanced Interferometry for New Physics
- Hartmut Grote (Cardiff University)
09:15 - 09:50
10:00 Determination of Absolute Neutrino Mass Using Quantum Technologies - Ruben Saakyan (UCL)
Determination of Absolute Neutrino Mass Using Quantum Technologies
- Ruben Saakyan (UCL)
10:00 - 10:35
10:35 Coffee / Tea
Coffee / Tea
10:35 - 10:50
11:00 Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics - Silke Weinfurtner (University of Nottingham)
Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics
- Silke Weinfurtner (University of Nottingham)
11:00 - 11:35
11:45 Lunch
Lunch
11:45 - 13:40
13:40
13:40 - 14:45
Contributions

13:40 First direct measurement of the CP nature of the Yukawa coupling between the Higgs and tau leptons - MohammadHassan Hassanshahi (Imperial College London)

13:47 Neutrino-Mediated Forces as a Window to New Physics - Patrick Bolton (University College London)

13:54 Least-Informative Priors for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay - Graham Van Goffrier (University College London)

14:01 MAGIS-100 at Fermilab: 100m atom interferometric quantum sensor - Leonie Hawkins (University of Liverpool)

14:08 Effective Theory of Freeze-in Dark Matter - Basabendu Barman (IIT, Guwahati)

14:15 Low energy electron recoil searches with the LZ experiment - Elizabeth Leason (University of Edinburgh)

14:22 The Dark Machines Group - Joe Davies (Queen Mary University of London)
14:45 Development of the European Strategy - Keith Ellis (IPPP)
Development of the European Strategy
- Keith Ellis (IPPP)
14:45 - 15:20
15:29 End of day 2
End of day 2
15:29 - 15:30
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
09:15 Ultra-light dark matter - Francesca Chadha-Day (Durham University)
Ultra-light dark matter
- Francesca Chadha-Day (Durham University)
09:15 - 09:50
10:00 Dark energy as seen from [the] cosmological side - Johannes Noller Johannes Noller
Dark energy as seen from [the] cosmological side
- Johannes Noller
- Johannes Noller
10:00 - 10:35
10:45 Coffee / Tea
Coffee / Tea
10:45 - 11:00
11:00 Astrophysical and cosmological sources of gravitational waves - Samaya Nissanke (University of Amsterdam)
Astrophysical and cosmological sources of gravitational waves
- Samaya Nissanke (University of Amsterdam)
11:00 - 11:35
11:45 Long-lived particles - Matthew McCullough (Cambridge)
Long-lived particles
- Matthew McCullough (Cambridge)
11:45 - 12:20
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:45
13:45 Fundamental Physics from Gravitational Waves - John Ellis (King's College London)
Fundamental Physics from Gravitational Waves
- John Ellis (King's College London)
13:45 - 14:20
14:30 Long-lived particles at the LHC - Jamie Boyd (CERN)
Long-lived particles at the LHC
- Jamie Boyd (CERN)
14:30 - 15:05
15:15 Student talk prize and farewell
Student talk prize and farewell
15:15 - 15:25