Searching for ultralight particles from astrophysical probes and quantum sensors

Dates

2026-05-12 14:00
Dates
2026-05-12 15:00

Localisation / Location

APC

Salle / Local

483A

Orateur/Orator

Tanmay Kumar Poddar

Affiliation

IPPP Durham University

Type d'évènement / Type of event

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Ultralight bosons provide well-motivated candidates for physics beyond the Standard Model and can be probed through both astrophysical observations and precision quantum measurements. In this talk, I will discuss how pulsar spin-down luminosity, photon polarisation from the Crab pulsar, magnetar systems, and black hole spins can constrain ultralight scalars and pseudoscalar axions, emphasising their distinct observational signatures. I will then describe complementary laboratory searches where ultralight fields oscillating as dark matter induce measurable phases or currents in Josephson-based superconducting devices to probe feeble ultralight-boson couplings.

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