BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:The Th-229 Revolution - the Dawn of the Nuclear Clocks era
DTSTART:20260610T110000Z
DTEND:20260610T120000Z
DTSTAMP:20260609T235400Z
UID:indico-event-95@indico.zdv.uni-mainz.de
CONTACT:hurth@uni-mainz.de
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Gilad Perez (Weizmann Institute\, Israel)\n\nAfter a
  brief introduction to ultralight dark matter (UDM)\, we will review the c
 urrent status of experimental searches for these candidates. In particular
 \, we will explain why modern precision clocks provide powerful probes of 
 UDM. We will discuss existing and newly proposed well-motivated models of 
 UDM and argue that they share a common feature: their dominant coupling is
  often to the QCD and nuclear sectors.\nThis is especially timely\, as we 
 are currently witnessing a revolution in the field. Recently\, laser excit
 ation of the Th-229 nuclear transition with an effective precision of 10^(
 −13) has been achieved. As we will show\, these advances are already pro
 bing previously unexplored regions of parameter space. Moreover\, a Th-bas
 ed nuclear clock could potentially improve the sensitivity to dark matter 
 and other new physics by up to ten orders of magnitude. We will also quali
 fy to what extent such enhancement estimates can be trusted\, and demonstr
 ate the dramatic implications for fundamental physics leading to thorium s
 upremacy.\nA picture is also enclosed\, taken from our recent paper\, htt
 ps://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16804\n \n\n \n\nhttps://indico.zdv.uni-mainz.de
 /event/95/
LOCATION:R. 05-127 (Lorentz-Room) (Mainz)
URL:https://indico.zdv.uni-mainz.de/event/95/
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR