Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) at LBNL
The INPA Seminar weekly talks are held on Fridays, starting at 12:00 pm, unless otherwise notified. The seminar talk begins with a brief overview of the week’s scientific news. Typically, the talks conclude by 1:00 pm. The seminars are held in the Sessler Conference Room, located in Bldg. 50A- 5132.
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The INPA Committee currently consists of:
2026-27
Jack Smedley
Michael Williams
Alec Lindman
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Speaker: Daniel Carney (LBL)-TITLE: Proposal for a Levitated Invisible Particle Sensor
March 3, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
This is an In-Person [HYBRID] Event
LOCATION: Sessler Conference Room – 50A – 5132
DATE: March 3, 2023
TIME: 12:00 PM
TITLE: Proposal for a Levitated Invisible Particle Sensor
ABSTRACT: Recently Dave Moore (Yale), Kyle Leach (Mines) and I proposed the use of a levitated mechanical quantum sensor combined with a pixelated electron/photon detector to look for invisible particles, particularly heavy sterile neutrinos in the keV-MeV range. The basic device consists of ~100nm scale silica spheres implanted with radioisotopes. When the isotope decays, via beta or electron capture, it will generically eject e-/gammas as well as a neutrino which escape the nanosphere, while the daughter atom is trapped in the sphere and causes it to recoil. With measurement precision on the sphere recoil at the “standard quantum limit”–which we have already achieved in a similar device at Yale–one can kinematically reconstruct the emitted neutrino momentum. I’ll outline how this works, compare it to previous AMO-y approaches (e.g. HUNTER), and talk about what we’d like to do at LBL.
ZOOM INFORMATION –
Join Zoom Meeting: https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09
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INPA guests from campus can now come to the lab early on Fridays. The INPA Common Room (50-5026) is reserved for our guests from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Note that the seminars are now held in 50A-5132 to accommodate a more significant number of attendees.
CPTea Series (also known as INPA Tea Series)
The Physics Division CPTea Series invites you to an In-Person Tea Series 1st Friday of every month at 3:30 pm INPA Conference Room 50-5026.
Everyone is welcome to attend the open forum. Tea and light refreshments will be served.
INPA Common Room (50-5026)
Fridays
3:30 pm
Access to the Lab
For a shuttle pass, please email Erica Hall. The pass is only valid for the day of the seminar.