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The Zurich Physics Colloquium brings together world renowned researchers and the physics community of the greater Zurich area.

The colloquium takes place during the academic semester on Wednesdays, 16:15, in HPV G 4 on the Hönggerberg Campus of ETH Zurich. Please note that the apéro will take place in the foyer of the HPV G4.

Upcoming Talk


Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 16:15 h, HPV G 4

David Moore

Yale University, USA

Levitated mechanical sensors for dark matter and neutrinos

The control and measurement of massive objects using light has revolutionized the detection of tiny forces in recent years. I will describe experiments using optically levitated sensors to search for dark matter, and to detect the “kick” from the decay of a single radioactive nucleus within the sensor. Such techniques promise to enable a variety of new searches at the precision frontier of nuclear and particle physics.

David Moore