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MadMax Mini Workshop

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Description

The aim of this mini-workshop is to bring together institutes interested in performing a novel experiment for the search of dark matter QCD axions using the dielectric haloscope idea.

Participation is by invitation only. In order to receive an invitation, please contact Béla Majorovits (bela@mpp.mpg.de).

We want to bring all participants up to date about both, theoretical calculations as well as hardware activities performed so far. We want to discuss the further project plan and hope to attract collaborators for this exciting but challenging project.

There will be a participation fee of 50€, which can be paid either cash upon arrival or by bank transfer to the following account:

Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik
Deutsche Bank München
IBAN: DE60 7007 0010 0195 1300 43
Bic code: DEUTDEMMXXX
MADMAX K 1085 plus your name and institute

 

Paper
Participants
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  • Monday 21 November
    • Lab tour 039 (MPP)

      039

      MPP
    • 1
      Welcome
      Speaker: Allen Caldwell
    • Theory: Motivation - Foundations of experimental idea Main auditorium (MPP)

      Main auditorium

      MPP
      Convener: Guy Moore
      slides
      • 2
        Axion landscape
        Speaker: Georg Raffelt (MPP)
        Slides
      • 3
        Axion dark matter, scenarios, parameters, uncertainties
        Speaker: Javier Redondo (University of Zaragoza)
        Slides
      • 4
        Principles of axion-photon conversion
        Speaker: Frank Steffen (MPP)
        Slides
      • 5
        Theoretical modelling of dielectric haloscopes, boost factor calculations
        Speaker: Millar Alex (MPP)
        Slides
    • 16:00
      Coffee Break
    • Theory: Motivation - Foundations of experimental idea Main auditorium (MPP)

      Main auditorium

      MPP
      Convener: Georg Raffelt
      slides
      • 6
        Guided discussion
        ISSUES ABOUT "THEORY OF THE EXPERIMENT" Influence of magnet length (e.g. is it enough to magnetize some fraction of disks?) Influence of beam shape Axion non-zero momenta: Photon emission angle variations Coherence issue for larger masses (>200 ueV) (de Broglie wavelength comparable to MADMAX size)
    • Experiment Main auditorium (MPP)

      Main auditorium

      MPP
      Convener: Axel Lindner
      • 7
        The Cluster seed project: Hardware
        Speaker: Bela Majorovits (MPP)
        Slides
      • 8
        Resonator response (transmission and reflection behavior)
        Speaker: Olaf Reimann (MPP)
        Slides
      • 9
        Algorithm to place discs
        Speaker: Chris Moore (MPP)
        Slides
      • 10
        Issues, ideas on disc tiling
        Speaker: Bela Majorovits
        Slides
      • 11
        Deformation behavior of discs
        Speaker: Cornelius Martens
        Slides
      • 12
        Discussion
    • 19:00
      Dinner and discussions canteen (MPP)

      canteen

      MPP
  • Tuesday 22 November
    • Experiment: Work done so far Main auditorium (MPP)

      Main auditorium

      MPP
      Convener: Kramer Micheal
      • 13
        Experimental efforts at Saclay
        Speaker: Pierre Brun (CEA Saclay)
        Slides
      • 14
        Low noise amplification and real time digitization of RF signals for radio astronomical applications
        Speaker: Gundolf Wieching (MPIfR)
        Slides
      • 15
        The receiver 10GHz-40GHz and DAQ: First measurements of fake axion and noise: Sensitivity predictions
        Speaker: Olaf Reimann (MPP)
        Slides
    • 10:30
      Coffee break
    • The Magnet Main auditorium (MPP)

      Main auditorium

      MPP
      Convener: Laurent Chevalier
      • 16
        Magnet design Berkeley
        Speaker: Lucas Brouwer (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 17
        High Field Magnet Design at CEA Saclay for Axion Experiments
        Speaker: Pierre Vedrine (CEA-IRFU Saclay)
        Slides
      • 18
        Magnet: design study and innovative partnership
        Speaker: Bela Majorovits (MPP)
        Slides
    • Next steps: what needs to be done? Main auditorium (MPP)

      Main auditorium

      MPP
      Convener: Bela Majorovits
      • 19
        Project planning: work packages, interfaces, preliminary time schedules
        Slides
      • 20
        Discussion of open issues
        Cryogenic-interfaces Tiling Precision
    • 13:00
      LUNCH
    • Institutes and Sites Main auditorium (MPP)

      Main auditorium

      MPP
      Convener: Allen Caldwell
    • 15:20
      Coffe Break
    • Next steps: Structure of future cooperation, plans for collaboration Main auditorium (MPP)

      Main auditorium

      MPP
      Convener: Thierry Lasserre
      • 25
        Discussion on next steps
        Identify common interests of groups Define common workgin groups Working group to evaluate different technologies and their synergies Name of the project? Next meeting: Where, when?