PIRSA:20030092

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https://pirsa.org/20030092

Searching for New Physics Across the Spectra

Baryakhtar, M. (2020). Searching for New Physics Across the Spectra. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/20030092

Baryakhtar, Masha. Searching for New Physics Across the Spectra. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Mar. 10, 2020, https://pirsa.org/20030092 

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            doi = {10.48660/20030092},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/20030092},
            author = {Baryakhtar, Masha},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {Searching for New Physics Across the Spectra},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2020},
            month = {mar},
            note = {PIRSA:20030092 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/pirsa/20030092}}
          }

Masha Baryakhtar University of Washington

Talk numberPIRSA:20030092
DOI10.48660/20030092
Source RepositoryPIRSA
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

Theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics often predict new, light, feebly interacting particles whose discovery requires novel search strategies. A light particle, the QCD axion, elegantly solves the outstanding strong-CP problem of the Standard Model; cousins of the QCD axion can also appear, and are natural dark matter candidates.  First, I will discuss my experimental proposal based on thin films, in which dark matter can efficiently convert to detectable single photons. A prototype experiment is underway, and current techniques promise to reach significant new dark matter parameter space.

Second, I will show how rotating black holes turn into axionic and gravitational wave beacons, creating nature's laboratories for ultralight bosons. When an axion's Compton wavelength is comparable to a black hole size, energy and angular momentum from the black hole source exponentially-growing bound states of particles, forming `gravitational atoms'.  These `gravitational atoms' emit monochromatic gravitational wave signals, enabling current searches at gravitational wave observatories to discover ultralight axions. If the axions interact with one another, instead of gravitational waves, black holes populate the universe with axion waves.