Axions

…physics focused on direct detection of axions and axion-like particles. The scholar works on instrumentation development and data analysis for two complementary searches: the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX), a resonant-cavity haloscope, including analysis of ADMX Run 2A data and design, testing and implementation of detector upgrades; and the Broadband Reflector Experiment for Axion Detection (BREAD), developing the receiver chain, low-nois

…searches for particles such as axions and weakly interacting massive particles. The talk develops strategies that turn observatories into probes of fundamental physics, including infrared observations with JWST for axions and radio studies of cosmic filaments for WIMP scenarios.