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Download fileNovel Analysis Framework Using Quantum Optomechanical Readouts For Direct Detection Of Dark Matter
With the increase in
speculation about the nature of our universe, there has been a growing need to
find the truth about Dark Matter. Recent research shows that the Planck-Mass
range could be a well-motivated space to probe for the detection of Dark Matter
through gravitational coupling. This thesis dives into the possibility of doing
the same in two parts. The first part lays out the analysis framework that
would sense such an interaction, while the second part outlines a prototype
experiment that when scaled up using quantum optomechanical sensors would serve
as the skeleton to perform the analysis with.
History
Degree Type
- Master of Science
Department
- Aeronautics and Astronautics
Campus location
- West Lafayette
Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair
Rafael LangAdvisor/Supervisor/Committee co-chair
Kathleen HowellAdditional Committee Member 2
James LonguskiUsage metrics
Categories
- Astronomical instrumentation
- Space instrumentation
- High energy astrophysics and galactic cosmic rays
- Astroparticle physics and particle cosmology
- Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy
- General relativity and gravitational waves
- Space sciences not elsewhere classified
- Aerospace engineering not elsewhere classified
- Foundations of quantum mechanics
- Quantum optics and quantum optomechanics
Keywords
MathComputingAstronomyAerospacePhysicsDark MatterDirect DetectionAnalysis FrameworkQuantum OptomechanicsPlanck MassGravitational InteractionPhase SpaceIntegral TransformAstronomical and Space InstrumentationAstrophysicsCosmologyGeneral Relativity and Gravitational WavesSpace ScienceAerospace EngineeringQuantum MechanicsQuantum Optics