New Physics, All Together: Global Networks of Table-Top Experiments

Physics experiments have so far typically been managed either in a single laboratory independently, or in a collider or an interferometer as part of a large organization; however, there is now a new paradigm: international networks of table-top experiments. These experiments function as a swarm of loosely coupled laboratories, using mobility to redistribute researcher capacity globally instead of concentrating it in a single location. Within these networks, early-career members have the opportunity to research important questions in fundamental physics while staying locally autonomous in their own laboratories. One great example for this new paradigm is the "Global Network of Optical Magnetometers for Exotic physics searches" (GNOME), where we search for new physics beyond the Standard Model through ultralight particles that are inaccessible with large colliders, such as the "axion dark matter" or "dark photons". As another example, COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Actions allow researchers to coordinate across and compile information from almost a hundred of independent table-top (or laboratory-scale) experiments. One of them, "COSMIC WISPers" (CA21106), is focused on weakly interacting small particle searches and is aimed at fostering communication between theorists and experimentalists located in different countries, training graduate students from these countries, and creating synergy between independent experimental efforts. This work is supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK) 2232-B (Project Number: 122C341) International Fellowship for Early Stage Researchers Program, aimed at reversing the brain drain.