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RF technology for fundamental physics
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Geb. 600, ChyN, 3rd Floor, Room 301/303 (DESY, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg)
Geb. 600, ChyN, 3rd Floor, Room 301/303
DESY, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg
11-14.08.2025 Room 301
15.08.2025 Room 303
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Description
MicroWaves (MW) and Radio Frequency (RF) Technology were the breakthrough of modern particle physics in the 20th century, by realising particle accelerators for direct discovery of new physics (quarks, leptons, vector bosons and the Higgs boson) and RF spectroscopy for precision tests of Quantum ElectroDynamics (QED; Lamb shift, g-2, etc). Until very recently, the MW/RF community has been somewhat decoupled from the other domains of particle physics due to its distinct technical requirement and infrastructure to pursue MW/RF experiments. However, emergence of the research fields in physics beyond the colliders has opened new opportunities in MW/RF technology for fundamental physics, such as Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), Gravitational Waves (GW), and in particular, dark matter axion and dark photon physics. This school aims to provide basic knowledge and skills for the students and early-career researchers to be able to follow the language spoken in this new research field based on MW/RF engineering.
The school will cover practical aspects of solving Maxwell equations beyond what students in physics department typically learn in the bachelor education, including non-plain wave solutions, resonant cavities, numerical methods, calibration methods, mean to measure electromagnetic fields, engineering devices and convention to express MW/RF as complex fields. We will particularly focus on the applications of MW/RF technology for the fundamental physics, such as axion experiments and brief introduction to particle accelerators. The student will follow lectures, theoretical exercises, hands-on experiments, and playing with commercial codes typically used in the MW/RF community.
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