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SUMMARY:QUantum Enhanced Superfluid Technologies for Dark Matter and Cosmo
 logy (QUEST-DMC)
DTSTART:20260812T103000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Rob Smith (PPD)\n\nThe QUEST-DMC experiment aims to 
 search for eV-keV scale interactions with sub-GeV dark matter candidates. 
 To do this\, superconducting nanoelectromechanical resonators are submerge
 d in superfluid Helium-3 bolometers\, cooled to ~130 µK\, and read out wi
 th low-noise quantum sensors. The collaboration also uses the two superflu
 id phases of Helium-3 to shed light on phase transitions in the early univ
 erse. This talk will detail the design of the experiment\, commissioning a
 nd recent data\, with an emphasis on future direct dark matter detection s
 ensitivities.\n \n**************\nRob studied Physics at the University o
 f Sheffield from 2014-17. Obtained a PGCE in secondary education\, with a 
 specialisation in physics from 2017-2018 at Sheffield Hallam University. A
 n MSc in Particle Physics from the University of Sheffield in 2020. Starte
 d his PhD at Royal Holloway University in 2021 under the supervision of Pr
 of. Jocelyn Monroe\, with an Academic visitorship at the University of Oxf
 ord since 2023. Defended his PhD in 2025\, with the title 'Searching for S
 ub-GeV Dark Matter Using a Superfluid Helium-3 Calorimeter in QUEST-DMC'. 
 Started working at RAL in October 2025 under Dr Ashlea Kemp\, mostly on th
 e Darkside-20k direct dark matter detection experiment\, alongside still w
 orking on QUEST-DMC.\n \n \n \n\nhttps://indico.stfc.ac.uk/event/1923/
LOCATION:R61 CR03 (RAL)
URL:https://indico.stfc.ac.uk/event/1923/
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