Snowmass 2021: Quantum Sensors for HEP Science -- Interferometers, Mechanics, Traps, and Clocks
Abstract
A wide range of quantum sensing technologies are rapidly being integrated into the experimental portfolio of the high energy physics community. Here we focus on sensing with atomic interferometers; mechanical devices read out with optical or microwave fields; precision spectroscopic methods with atomic, nuclear, and molecular systems; and trapped atoms and ions. We give a variety of detection targets relevant to particle physics for which these systems are uniquely poised to contribute. This includes experiments at the precision frontier like measurements of the electron dipole moment and electromagnetic fine structure constant and searches for fifth forces and modifications of Newton's law of gravity at micron-to-millimeter scales. It also includes experiments relevant to the cosmic frontier, especially searches for gravitional waves and a wide variety of dark matter candidates spanning heavy, WIMP-scale, light, and ultra-light mass ranges. We emphasize here the need for more developments both in sensor technology and integration into the broader particle physics community.
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@article{arxiv.2203.07250,
title = {Snowmass 2021: Quantum Sensors for HEP Science -- Interferometers, Mechanics, Traps, and Clocks},
author = {Oliver Buchmueller and Daniel Carney and Thomas Cecil and John Ellis and R. F. Garcia Ruiz and Andrew A. Geraci and David Hanneke and Jason Hogan and Nicholas R. Hutzler and Andrew Jayich and Shimon Kolkowitz and Gavin W. Morley and Holger Muller and Zachary Pagel and Christian Panda and Marianna S. Safronova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.07250},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
contribution to Snowmass 2021 18 pages, 3 figures; updated author list and references, fixed typos