Diego Blas, UAB
Detecting (high frequency) gravitational waves in a box
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In the presence of a background EM field, the passage of GWs generate different modes in EM cavities by either their effect on the background field or by interacting with the boundaries of the cavity. In this talk, I will describe this process in some detail and show that these set-ups provide some of the best bounds for GWs in the MHz-GHz band. I shall finish by briefly describing the way GWs interact with spin systems.
Thanaporn Sichanugrist, University of Tokyo
Detection of hidden photon dark matter using the direct excitation of transmon qubits
Hybrid On-site: Seminar room, Kenkyu honkan 3F Online: Zoom
We propose a novel dark matter detection method utilizing the excitation of superconducting transmon qubits. Assuming the hidden photon dark matter of a mass of O(10) µeV, the classical wave-matter oscillation induces an effective ac electric field via the small kinetic mixing with the ordinary photon. This serves as a coherent drive field for a qubit when it is resonant, evolving it from the ground state towards the first-excited state. We evaluate the rate of such evolution and observable excitations in the measurements, as well as the search sensitivity to the hidden photon dark matter. For a selected mass, one can reach ɛ~10^{-13}-10^{-12} (where ɛ is the kinetic mixing parameter of the hidden photon) with a few tens of seconds using a single standard transmon qubit. A simple extension to the frequency-tunable SQUID-based transmon enables the mass scan to cover the range of 4-40 µeV (1-10 GHz) within a reasonable length of run time. The scheme has great potential to extend the sensitivity towards various directions including being incorporated into the cavity-based haloscope experiments or the currently available multi-bit Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) computer machines.
Mustafa A. Amin, Rice University
A Spin on Wave Dark Matter
Hybrid On-site: Seminar room, Kenkyu honkan 3F Online: Zoom
What can we learn about the intrinsic spin of ultralight dark matter from astrophysical/cosmological observations (ie. whether it is a scalar=spin-0, vector=spin-1, or a tensor=spin-2 field)? Using analytic calculations and 3+1 dimensional simulations, I will argue that the imprint of intrinsic spin can be seen via (i) the initial density power spectrum, (ii) interference patterns in the density field inside dark matter halos, and through (iii) (polarized) solitons with macroscopic intrinsic spin. Based on features in the initial power spectrum, I will provide a bound on the dark matter mass > 10^(-18) eV for post-inflationary production. With increasing intrinsic spin, interference patterns in halos are reduced (and the inner shapes of halos modified) — which can be probed by lensing and dynamical heating of stars. Finally, after introducing polarized solitons, I will show that the time-scale of emergence of solitons (within halos) increases with increasing spin, and briefly discuss electromagnetic and gravitational wave signatures from such polarized solitons.
Muneto Nitta, Keio University
[QCD theory Seminar] How baryons appear in low-energy QCD: Domain-wall Skyrmion phase in strong magnetic fields
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Low-energy dynamics of QCD can be described by pion degrees of freedom in terms of the chiral perturbation theory(ChPT). A chiral soliton lattice(CSL), an array of solitons, is the ground state due to the chiral anomaly in the presence of a magnetic field larger than a certain critical value at finite density. Here, we show in a model-independent and fully analytic manner (at the leading order of ChPT) that the CSL phase transits to a {\it domain-wall Skyrmion phase} when the chemical potential is larger than the critical value \mu_c=16\pi f_{\pi}^2/3m_{\pi} \sim 1.03 GeV with the pion’s decay constant f_{\pi} and mass m_{\pi}, which can be regarded as the nuclear saturation density. There spontaneously appear stable two-dimensional Skyrmions or lumps on a soliton surface, which can be viewed as three-dimensional Skyrmions carrying even baryon numbers from the bulk despite no Skyrme term. They behave as superconducting rings with persistent currents due to a charged pion condensation, and areas of the rings’ interiors are quantized. This phase is in scope of future heavy-ion collider experiments. This talk is based on arXiv:2304.02940 [hep-ph] in collaboration with M. Eto and K. Nishimura.
Yusuke Taki, Kyoto University
Entropy in dS/CFT correspondence and its application
Hybrid On-site: Seminar room, Kenkyu honkan 3F Online: Zoom
In this talk, we focus on dS/CFT correspondence, which is a proposal for de Sitter (dS) holography analogous to AdS/CFT. This talk contains two recent works. First we consider an application of dS/CFT to evaluation of the semi-classical limit of wave function of universe. Through the procedure of analytic continuation in the CFT side corresponding to that from AdS to dS, we can find an interesting structure that only “allowable” geometries appear as saddle points of the gravitational path integral. Second, we discuss an extension of the holographic entanglement entropy formula in AdS/CFT toward dS/CFT. We propose that the holographic formula is formulated for a generalized notion of entanglement entropy, called pseudo entropy.
Maki Takeuchi, Kobe University
The Mystery of the Standard Model and the Extra-Dimensional Model
Hybrid On-site: Seminar room, Kenkyu honkan 3F Online: Zoom
The Standard Model achieved significant success with the discovery of the Higgs in 2012. However, there are still numerous unexplained phenomena. One of them is the number of generations problem, where quarks and leptons come in three copies with only differences in mass while having identical spin and charge. Is the existence of these three generations a mere coincidence, or is there a deeper reason behind it? The Standard Model cannot explain why there are three generations.On the other hand, the higher dimensional theory offers a possible explanation for the number of generations problem. In the higher dimensional theory, the number of generations is related to the geometry of the extra dimensions. In other words, the number of generations carries a physical meaning associated with the geometry of the extra dimensions. In this seminar, I will talk about the generation structure of the T^2/Z_N orbifold with magnetic flux.
Joe Sato, Yokohama National U
L_{\mu-\tau} symmetry and its unification with Standard gauge group
Hybrid On-site: Seminar room, Kenkyu honkan 3F Online: Zoom In this talk I show many aspects of gauged L_{\mu-\tau} symmetry. The symmetry gauges {the muon number – the tau number} in the standard model so as to be anomaly free. First I will show how it is interesting for phenomenology. It includes IceCube Gap, Hubble tension etc. Then I show our phenomenological model for lepton mass and mixing with the symmetry. In this model the symmetry appears as the family symmetry. Finally I will
In this talk I show many aspects of gauged L_{\mu-\tau} symmetry. The symmetry gauges {the muon number – the tau number} in the standard model so as to be anomaly free. First I will show how it is interesting for phenomenology. It includes IceCube Gap, Hubble tension etc. Then I show our phenomenological model for lepton mass and mixing with the symmetry. In this model the symmetry appears as the family symmetry. Finally I will
present my trial to unify the symmetry with the Standard gauge group in terms of coset space family unification.
Kazumi Okuyama, Shinshu University
Hartle-Hawking wavefunction in double scaled SYK
Hybrid On-site: Seminar room, Kenkyu honkan 3F Online: Zoom
We compute the transition amplitude between the chord number 0 and ￥ ell states in the double scaled SYK model and interpret it as a Hartle-Hawking wavefunction of the bulk gravitational theory. We observe that the so-called un-crossed matter correlators of double scaled SYK model are obtained by gluing the Hartle-Hawking wavefunctions with an appropriate weight.
Kotaro Murakami, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Investigation of baryon resonances from meson-baryon scatterings in lattice QCD
Hybrid On-site: Tokai 1st building (KEK Tokai campus), 2F, Room 227, Online : zoom
Studying hadron resonances in lattice QCD plays an important role in understanding exotic hadrons. We investigate baryon resonances from meson-baryon scatterings in the HAL QCD method, where we derive scattering amplitudes in lattice QCD via the interaction potentials. In this talk, I present the analysis of Δ and Ω baryons, both of which belong to the baryon decuplet. In our analysis, we use heavy quark masses so that Δ is a stable particle as well as Ω. If time permits, I also show our preliminary results of the study on Λ(1405) in flavor SU(3) limit.
Alexander Broll, Humboldt University of Berlin
Estimating the B Pi Excited States Contamination of B Meson Correlators with Heavy Meson Chiral Perturbation Theory
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