Wednesday, October 14, 2015

October 16, 2015 3:30PM BPB-207. Jason Steffen. Laser Probes of the Dark Sector.

The majority of the universe is composed of exotic matter and energy of which we know very little. This "dark sector" comprising dark matter, dark energy, and gravity, is likely to be one of the primary scientific challenges of the 21st century. I report on a series of three laboratory experiments at Fermilab to probe this dark sector. These experiments include searches for dark matter axions, dark energy chameleons, and tests of the very nature of space time.