Beyond ALPS II

Europe/Berlin
Aaron Spector (DESY), Axel Lindner (ALPS (ALPS _ Any Light Particle Search)), Hartmut Grote (Cardiff University)
Description

At present the ALPS II experiment is under construction at DESY in Hamburg, scheduled to start a first science run in late 2021. ALPS II will look for axion-like particles and other WISPs with the light-shining-through a wall technique and boost the signal/noise ratio of previous experiments by 12 orders of magnitude.

This workshop addresses upgrade options of ALPS II, also in view of other axion search experiments at DESY, as well as other potential usage of the unique infrastructure set up in the former HERA accelerator tunnel and further ideas for high precision interferometry experiments for particle physics. 

The workshop will take place in virtual format only.

ALPS II under construction as of October 2020 (Copyright DESY / M. Mayer)

Registration
"Beyond ALPS II" workshop participation
Participants
  • Monday 8 February
    • Introduction
      Convener: Axel Lindner (ALPS (ALPS _ Any Light Particle Search))
    • Vacuum magnetic birefringence at the ALPS magnet string
      Convener: Guido Mueller (University of Florida)
      • 4
        VMB using the ALPS magnet string: An Introduction
        Speaker: Ada Uminska (University of Florida)
      • 5
        Heterodyne VMB experiment
        Speaker: Hal Hollis (University of Florida)
      • 6
        Another VMB approach
        Speaker: Dennis Martynov (University of Birmingham)
      • 7
        Discussion
    • 17:00
      Break
    • ALPS II upgrade options
      Convener: Benno Willke (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
  • Tuesday 9 February
    • Ultra high frequency gravitational waves
      Convener: Hartmut Grote (Cardiff University)
    • 16:15
      Break
    • Other ideas for particle physics with precision interferometry
      Convener: David Tanner (University of Florida)
      • 17
        Interferometry Haloscope experiment
        Speaker: Miao Haixing (University of Birmingham)
      • 18
        Discussion
    • Closeout
      Convener: Axel Lindner (ALPS (ALPS _ Any Light Particle Search))