Searching for new physics using optically levitated sensors

• Published in: Quantum science and technology Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 14008 - 14022
• Main Authors: Moore, David C, Geraci, Andrew A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.01.2021
• Subjects: dark matter; gravitational waves; levitated optomechanics; physics beyond the standard model

We describe a variety of searches for new physics beyond the standard model of particle physics which may be enabled in the coming years by the use of optically levitated masses in high vacuum. Such systems are expected to reach force and acceleration sensitivities approaching (and possibly eventual...