Detecting high-frequency gravitational waves with optically-levitated sensors.

POSTER

Abstract

Optically-trapped and cooled micro-scale sensors within a cavity can be used to detect gravitational waves in the \textasciitilde 10kHz to \textasciitilde 300kHz band, which is beyond the optimal sensitivity range of other experiments like LIGO. The levitated sensors can search for binary coalescence of sub-solar-mass primordial black holes, the effect of QCD axions on astrophysical black holes, and other gravitational wave sources at high frequencies. We present the experimental status of the 1-meter prototype that is under development as well as the theoretical results for new physics from high-frequency gravitational waves.

Authors

  • Zhiyuan Wang

    Northwestern University

  • Dmitri Sergatskov

    J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD 57197 USA, Northwestern University, Fermilab, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, Missouri State University - Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science, University of Alabama, Purdue University, Princeton, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Rutgers University, Stockholm University, University of Wisconsin, University of lowa, Oregon State University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, New York University, University of Nevada, Reno, Retired

  • Dmitri Sergatskov

    J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD 57197 USA, Northwestern University, Fermilab, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, Missouri State University - Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science, University of Alabama, Purdue University, Princeton, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Rutgers University, Stockholm University, University of Wisconsin, University of lowa, Oregon State University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, New York University, University of Nevada, Reno, Retired

  • Dmitri Sergatskov

    J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD 57197 USA, Northwestern University, Fermilab, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, Missouri State University - Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science, University of Alabama, Purdue University, Princeton, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Rutgers University, Stockholm University, University of Wisconsin, University of lowa, Oregon State University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, New York University, University of Nevada, Reno, Retired

  • Dmitri Sergatskov

    J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD 57197 USA, Northwestern University, Fermilab, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, Missouri State University - Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science, University of Alabama, Purdue University, Princeton, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Rutgers University, Stockholm University, University of Wisconsin, University of lowa, Oregon State University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, New York University, University of Nevada, Reno, Retired

  • Dmitri Sergatskov

    J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD 57197 USA, Northwestern University, Fermilab, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, Missouri State University - Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science, University of Alabama, Purdue University, Princeton, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Rutgers University, Stockholm University, University of Wisconsin, University of lowa, Oregon State University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, New York University, University of Nevada, Reno, Retired

  • Dmitri Sergatskov

    J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD 57197 USA, Northwestern University, Fermilab, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, Missouri State University - Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science, University of Alabama, Purdue University, Princeton, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Rutgers University, Stockholm University, University of Wisconsin, University of lowa, Oregon State University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, New York University, University of Nevada, Reno, Retired

  • Dmitri Sergatskov

    J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA, Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD 57197 USA, Northwestern University, Fermilab, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, Missouri State University - Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science, University of Alabama, Purdue University, Princeton, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Rutgers University, Stockholm University, University of Wisconsin, University of lowa, Oregon State University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, New York University, University of Nevada, Reno, Retired