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Sensitive qubit-based technique to accelerate search for dark matter Sensitive qubit-based technique to accelerate search for dark matter
Share The blue cylinder in this diagram represents a superconducting microwave cavity used to accumulate a dark matter signal. The purple is the qubit used to measure the state of the cavity, either 0 or 1. The value refers to the number of photons counted. If the dark matter has successfully deposited a photon in the cavity, the output would measure 1. No deposition of a photon would measure 0. Credit: Akash Dixit, University of Chicago
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Chicago have demonstrated a new technique based on quantum technology that will advance the search for dark matter, the invisible stuff that accounts for 85% of all matter in the universe.
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A subatomic particle known as a muon is disobeying the basic laws of physics, according to preliminary results from two separate experiments debuted on Wednesday.
The Muon g-2 experiment at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory showed that fundamental particles called muons are behaving in a way that is not predicted by the physicist s best theory, known as the Standard Model of particle physics, the
reported.
A team of over 200 researchers suggested that the particles are not doing what is expected of them when they are spun around in two different long-term experiments conducted in the United States and Europe, hinting at a potential overhaul of the rulebook that physicists have long used to understand the universe at the subatomic level.
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Cheaper, greener particle accelerators will speed innovation
A team of scientists at the Center for Bright Beams (CBB) – a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center led by Cornell – are working on the next generation of superconducting materials that will greatly reduce the costs associated with operating large particle accelerators and lessen their environmental impact.
The research could also make it easier for smaller institutions and industry to use these critical tools. Provided
Niobium-3-tin has now become the first-ever usable alternative to Niobium for SRF cavities.
Particle accelerators play a vital role in the fight against climate change as they help strengthen new technologies such as lithium-ion storage capabilities and solar panels. However, the amount of energy required to operate some of these large machines is enormous, not only adding to the carbon footprint they seek to reduce, but limiting their accessibility.
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