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SUMMARY:David DeMille - Quantum microscopes to search for new elementary particles and forces
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 "All elementary particles and forces seen 
 in laboratories are described by a mathematical 
 framework known as the Standard Model.  However, 
 some cosmological observations show that 
 there also must be new, additional particles 
 and forces.  Traditionally, physicists have 
 searched for these using huge accelerators 
 and giant detectors.  However, certain types 
 of new particles and forces can be detected 
 in a very different way: the laws of quantum 
 physics dictate that their existence will modify 
 the properties of ordinary matter in subtle 
 but distinctive ways.  These tiny effects 
 can be detected with experiments, small enough 
 to fit in a garage, which use methods of ultra-precise 
 quantum measurements to search for 
 particles that cannot be produced even at the 
 Large Hadron Collider.  This talk will describe 
 such experiments and the concepts behind 
 them."\n
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 Bio\n
 David DeMille is a professor 
 in the Department of Physics and Astronomy 
 at Johns Hopkins University. He also holds 
 positions as a research professor in the Department 
 of Physics at the University of Chicago, 
 and a visiting scholar in the Physics Division 
 at Argonne National Laboratory. DeMille's 
 research seeks to investigate the fundamental 
 properties of the universe by making extremely 
 precise measurements of quantum systems. 
 He is known for novel approaches that use 
 the properties of molecules to amplify signals 
 from exotic particles and forces in the laboratory, 
 and for developing ways to produce and 
 trap ultracold gases of polar molecules. \n
 DeMille 
 received his PhD in physics from the 
 University of California at Berkeley in 1994. 
  He previously served on the faculties of Yale 
 University and Amherst College. He co-authored 
 the textbook "Atomic Physics: an exploration 
 through problems and solutions" 
 (Oxford Univ. Press, 2004). His honors include 
 the American Physical Society's Norman F. 
 Ramsey Prize (joint with John Doyle and Gerald 
 Gabrielse) and its Francis M. Pipkin Award, 
 as well as a Sloan Foundation Fellowship and 
 a Packard Foundation Fellowship. DeMille was 
 elected a member of the National Academy of 
 Sciences in 2024.\n
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 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Bob Patterer\n
 Contact email: events@frib.msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://frib.msu.edu/gateway/events/talk-6dec2024 
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LOCATION:Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
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