Peter Graham
Professor of Physics
Bio
What physics lies beyond the Standard Model and how can we discover it?
Professor Graham is broadly interested in theoretical physics beyond the Standard Model which often involves cosmology, astrophysics, general relativity, and even atomic physics. The Standard Model leaves many questions unanswered including the nature of dark matter and the origins of the weak scale, the cosmological constant, and the fundamental fermion masses. These clues are a guide to building new theories beyond the Standard Model. He recently proposed a new solution to the hierarchy problem which uses dynamical relaxation in the early universe instead of new physics at the weak scale.
Professor Graham is also interested in inventing novel experiments to discover such new physics, frequently using techniques from astrophysics, condensed matter, and atomic physics. He is a proposer and co-PI of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr) and the DM Radio experiment. CASPEr uses nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to search for axion dark matter. DM Radio uses high precision magnetometry and electromagnetic resonators to search for hidden photon and axion dark matter. He has also proposed techniques for gravitational wave detection using atom interferometry.
Current areas of focus:
Theory beyond the Standard Model
Dark matter models and detection
Novel experimental proposals for discovering new physics such as axions and gravitational waves
Understanding results from experiments ranging from the LHC to early universe cosmology
CAREER HISTORY:
After completing his undergraduate work at Harvard, Peter Graham received his PhD from Stanford in 2007. He was a postdoctoral research associate for one year with the particle theory group at SLAC and then took a postdoctoral position with the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics in the Physics Department. Graham began his appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics in September 2010.
Honors and Awards:
Frontiers of Science Award in Theoretical Physics from the International Congress of Basic Science 2024
Simons Investigator 2021
New Horizons Prize in Physics from Breakthrough Foundation 2017
DOE Early Career Award 2014
Terman Fellowship, Stanford
Administrative Appointments
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Associate Director, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics (2018 - Present)
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, Stanford Physics Department (2018 - Present)
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Terman Fellowship, Stanford University (2013 - 2013)
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Assistant Professor of Physics, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics (2010 - 2017)
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Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics (2008 - 2010)
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Visiting Member, Institute for Advanced Study (2008 - 2008)
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Research Associate, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2007 - 2008)
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Graduate Fellowship, Mellam Family Foundation (2006 - 2007)
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Fellowship, Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (2005 - 2006)
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National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, Department of Defense (2002 - 2005)
Honors & Awards
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Frontiers of Science Award in Theoretical Physics, International Congress of Basic Science (2024)
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Simons Investigator, Simons Foundation (2021)
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New Horizons Prize in Physics, Breakthrough Prize Foundation (2017)
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DOE Early Career Award, Department of Energy (2014)
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Hellman Faculty Scholar, Hellman Fellows Fund (2013)
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Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University (2002)
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Sanderson Award for top senior physics student, Harvard University (2002)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, Fermi Telescope Collaboration
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Chair, Physics Department Graduate Qualifying Exam Committee, Stanford University (2012 - 2013)
Professional Education
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Ph.D., Stanford University, Physics (2007)
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A.M., Harvard University, Physics (2002)
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A.B., Harvard University, Physics (2002)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
What physics lies beyond the Standard Model and how can we discover it?
Professor Graham is broadly interested in theoretical physics beyond the Standard Model which often involves cosmology, astrophysics, general relativity, and even atomic physics. The Standard Model leaves many questions unanswered including the nature of dark matter and the origins of the weak scale, the cosmological constant, and the fundamental fermion masses. These clues are a guide to building new theories beyond the Standard Model. He recently proposed a new solution to the hierarchy problem which uses dynamical relaxation in the early universe instead of new physics at the weak scale.
Professor Graham is also interested in inventing novel experiments to discover such new physics, frequently using techniques from astrophysics, condensed matter, and atomic physics. He is a proposer and co-PI of the Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr) and the DM Radio experiment. CASPEr uses nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to search for axion dark matter. DM Radio uses high precision magnetometry and electromagnetic resonators to search for hidden photon and axion dark matter. He has also proposed techniques for gravitational wave detection using atom interferometry.
Current areas of focus:
Theory beyond the Standard Model
Dark matter models and detection
Novel experimental proposals for discovering new physics such as axions and gravitational waves
Understanding results from experiments ranging from the LHC to early universe cosmology
2024-25 Courses
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Independent Studies (4)
- Independent Research and Study
PHYSICS 190 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Physics Capstone Paper
PHYSICS 192 (Aut) - Research
PHYSICS 490 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Senior Thesis Research
PHYSICS 205 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Independent Research and Study
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- General Relativity
PHYSICS 262 (Aut)
2022-23 Courses
- Mechanics
PHYSICS 41 (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- Mechanics
PHYSICS 41 (Win)
- General Relativity
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Sanha Cheong, Joseph Curti, Aidan Reilly, Gowri Sundaresan, Henry Zheng -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Aurora Ireland, Maximilian Ruhdorfer, Erwin Tanin -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Samuel Wong, Yawen Xiao -
Doctoral (Program)
Shoaib Akhtar, Alexander Bourzutschky, Dan Stefan Eniceicu, Han Hiller, Oliver Hitchcock, Zach Hulcher, Dae Heun Koh, Balint Kurgyis, Noah Meyer, Rory O'Dwyer, Guglielmo Panelli, Sephora Ruppert, Cynthia Yan, Tony Zhang
All Publications
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Gravitational wave measurement in the mid-band with atom interferometers
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
2024
View details for DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2024/05/027
View details for Web of Science ID 001296044200034
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Hunt for magnetic signatures of hidden-photon and axion dark matter in the wilderness
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2023; 108 (9)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.108.096026
View details for Web of Science ID 001119009700007
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Minimal warm inflation (vol 2020, 034, 2020)
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
2023
View details for DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2023/10/E02
View details for Web of Science ID 001099000900001
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One-Electron Quantum Cyclotron as a Milli-eV Dark-Photon Detector.
Physical review letters
2022; 129 (26): 261801
Abstract
We propose using trapped electrons as high-Q resonators for detecting meV dark photon dark matter. When the rest energy of the dark photon matches the energy splitting of the two lowest cyclotron levels, the first excited state of the electron cyclotron will be resonantly excited. A proof-of-principle measurement, carried out with one electron, demonstrates that the method is background free over a 7.4 day search. It sets a limit on dark photon dark matter at 148 GHz (0.6 meV) that is around 75 times better than previous constraints. Dark photon dark matter in the 0.1-1 meV mass range (20-200 GHz) could likely be detected at a similar sensitivity in an apparatus designed for dark photon detection.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.261801
View details for PubMedID 36608202
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Cold atoms in space: community workshop summary and proposed road-map
EPJ QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
2022; 9 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1140/epjqt/s40507-022-00147-w
View details for Web of Science ID 000885839700002
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Searching for dark clumps with gravitational-wave detectors
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2022; 106 (6)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.063015
View details for Web of Science ID 000864473300003
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Astrometric gravitational-wave detection via stellar interferometry
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2022; 106 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.023002
View details for Web of Science ID 000827455500006
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Asteroids for mu Hz gravitational-wave detection
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2022; 105 (10)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.103018
View details for Web of Science ID 000811638000012
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Earth as a transducer for axion dark-matter detection
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2022; 105 (9)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.095007
View details for Web of Science ID 000808296800003
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Millicharged Dark Matter Detection with Ion Traps
PRX QUANTUM
2022; 3 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PRXQuantum.3.010330
View details for Web of Science ID 000766299200001
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Search for dark-photon dark matter in the SuperMAG geomagnetic field dataset
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2021; 104 (9)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.095032
View details for Web of Science ID 000725012100010
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Warming up cold inflation
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
2021
View details for DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2021/11/011
View details for Web of Science ID 000761503900002
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Earth as a transducer for dark-photon dark-matter detection
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2021; 104 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.075023
View details for Web of Science ID 000708664800006
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Dark energy radiation
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2021; 104 (8)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.083520
View details for Web of Science ID 000704657600002
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Matter-wave Atomic Gradiometer Interferometric Sensor (MAGIS-100)
QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2021; 6 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1088/2058-9565/abf719
View details for Web of Science ID 000673145000001
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Search for dark photon dark matter: Dark E field radio pilot experiment
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2021; 104 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.104.012013
View details for Web of Science ID 000680434500001
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Gravity gradient noise from asteroids
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2021; 103 (10)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.103017
View details for Web of Science ID 000655904100001
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Search for Axionlike Dark Matter Using Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
Physical review letters
2021; 126 (14): 141802
Abstract
We report the results of an experimental search for ultralight axionlike dark matter in the mass range 162-166neV. The detection scheme of our Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment is based on a precision measurement of ^{207}Pb solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance in a polarized ferroelectric crystal. Axionlike dark matter can exert an oscillating torque on ^{207}Pb nuclear spins via the electric dipole moment coupling g_{d} or via the gradient coupling g_{aNN}. We calibrate the detector and characterize the excitation spectrum and relaxation parameters of the nuclear spin ensemble with pulsed magnetic resonance measurements in a 4.4T magnetic field. We sweep the magnetic field near this value and search for axionlike dark matter with Compton frequency within a 1MHz band centered at 39.65MHz. Our measurements place the upper bounds |g_{d}|<9.5*10^{-4}GeV^{-2} and |g_{aNN}|<2.8*10^{-1}GeV^{-1} (95%confidence level) in this frequency range. The constraint on g_{d} corresponds to an upper bound of 1.0*10^{-21}ecm on the amplitude of oscillations of the neutron electric dipole moment and 4.3*10^{-6} on the amplitude of oscillations of CP-violating theta parameter of quantum chromodynamics. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance to search for axionlike dark matter in the neV mass range.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.141802
View details for PubMedID 33891466
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Storage ring probes of dark matter and dark energy
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2021; 103 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.055010
View details for Web of Science ID 000648528800005
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AEDGE: Atomic experiment for dark matter and gravity exploration in space
EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY
2021
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10686-021-09701-3
View details for Web of Science ID 000628085300001
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Gravity Probe Spin: Prospects for measuring general-relativistic precession of intrinsic spin using a ferromagnetic gyroscope
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2021; 103 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.044056
View details for Web of Science ID 000621594100010
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Exploring the robustness of stellar cooling constraints on light particles
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2020; 102 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.075015
View details for Web of Science ID 000576892700007
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Muons in Supernovae: Implications for the Axion-Muon Coupling.
Physical review letters
2020; 125 (5): 051104
Abstract
The high temperature and electron degeneracy attained during a supernova allow for the formation of a large muon abundance within the core of the resulting protoneutron star. If new pseudoscalar degrees of freedom have large couplings to the muon, they can be produced by this muon abundance and contribute to the cooling of the star. By generating the largest collection of supernova simulations with muons to date, we show that observations of the cooling rate of SN 1987A place strong constraints on the coupling of axionlike particles to muons, limiting the coupling to g_{aμ}<10^{-8.1} GeV^{-1}.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.051104
View details for PubMedID 32794860
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Muons in Supernovae: Implications for the Axion-Muon Coupling
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2020; 125 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.051104
View details for Web of Science ID 000553692300001
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White dwarf bounds on charged massive particles
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2020; 101 (11)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.101.115021
View details for Web of Science ID 000540658300008
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AEDGE: Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space
EPJ QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
2020; 7 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1140/epjqt/s40507-020-0080-0
View details for Web of Science ID 000519468200001
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Minimal warm inflation
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
2020
View details for DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/03/034
View details for Web of Science ID 000528029100035
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Constraining Primordial Black Hole Abundance with the Galactic 511 keV Line.
Physical review letters
2019; 123 (25): 251102
Abstract
Models in which dark matter consists entirely of primordial black holes (PBHs) with masses around 10^{17} g are currently unconstrained. However, if PBHs are a component of the Galactic dark matter density, they will inject a large flux of energetic particles into the Galaxy as they radiate. Positrons produced by these black holes will subsequently propagate throughout the Galaxy and annihilate, contributing to the Galactic 511 keV line. Using measurements of this line by the INTEGRAL satellite as a constraint on PBH positron injection, we place new limits on PBH abundance in the mass range 10^{16}-10^{17} g, ruling out models in which these PBHs constitute the entirety of dark matter.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.251102
View details for PubMedID 31922803
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Constraining Primordial Black Hole Abundance with the Galactic 511 keV Line
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2019; 123 (25)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.251102
View details for Web of Science ID 000502796900002
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SAGE: A proposal for a space atomic gravity explorer
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL D
2019; 73 (11)
View details for DOI 10.1140/epjd/e2019-100324-6
View details for Web of Science ID 000496943000001
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Supernova signals of light dark matter
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2019; 100 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.075018
View details for Web of Science ID 000490474400001
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Constraints on bosonic dark matter from ultralow-field nuclear magnetic resonance.
Science advances
2019; 5 (10): eaax4539
Abstract
The nature of dark matter, the invisible substance making up over 80% of the matter in the universe, is one of the most fundamental mysteries of modern physics. Ultralight bosons such as axions, axion-like particles, or dark photons could make up most of the dark matter. Couplings between such bosons and nuclear spins may enable their direct detection via nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy: As nuclear spins move through the galactic dark-matter halo, they couple to dark matter and behave as if they were in an oscillating magnetic field, generating a dark-matter-driven NMR signal. As part of the cosmic axion spin precession experiment (CASPEr), an NMR-based dark-matter search, we use ultralow-field NMR to probe the axion-fermion "wind" coupling and dark-photon couplings to nuclear spins. No dark matter signal was detected above background, establishing new experimental bounds for dark matter bosons with masses ranging from 1.8 * 10-16 to 7.8 * 10-14 eV.
View details for DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aax4539
View details for PubMedID 31692765
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Relaxation of the cosmological constant
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2019; 100 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.015048
View details for Web of Science ID 000477897800005
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Axion dark matter detection with CMB polarization
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2019; 100 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.015040
View details for Web of Science ID 000477896800004
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Search for Axionlike Dark Matter with a Liquid-State Nuclear Spin Comagnetometer
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2019; 122 (19): 191302
Abstract
We report the results of a search for axionlike dark matter using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques. This search is part of the multifaceted Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment program. In order to distinguish axionlike dark matter from magnetic fields, we employ a comagnetometry scheme measuring ultralow-field NMR signals involving two different nuclei (^{13}C and ^{1}H) in a liquid-state sample of acetonitrile-2-^{13}C (^{13}CH_{3}CN). No axionlike dark matter signal was detected above the background. This result constrains the parameter space describing the coupling of the gradient of the axionlike dark matter field to nucleons to be g_{aNN}<6×10^{-5} GeV^{-1} (95% confidence level) for particle masses ranging from 10^{-22} eV to 1.3×10^{-17} eV, improving over previous laboratory limits for masses below 10^{-21} eV. The result also constrains the coupling of nuclear spins to the gradient of the square of the axionlike dark matter field, improving over astrophysical limits by orders of magnitude over the entire range of particle masses probed.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.191302
View details for Web of Science ID 000468228600007
View details for PubMedID 31144940
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Observable signatures of dark photons from supernovae
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
2019
View details for DOI 10.1007/JHEP02(2019)171
View details for Web of Science ID 000460261800002
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Wu et al. Reply.
Physical review letters
2019; 123 (16): 169002
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.169002
View details for PubMedID 31702376
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White dwarfs as dark matter detectors
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2018; 98 (11)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.98.115027
View details for Web of Science ID 000454427600009
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Stochastic axion scenario
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2018; 98 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.98.035017
View details for Web of Science ID 000441235800008
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Search for light scalar dark matter with atomic gravitational wave detectors
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2018; 97 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.075020
View details for Web of Science ID 000430060800011
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Spin precession experiments for light axionic dark matter
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2018; 97 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.055006
View details for Web of Science ID 000426630500007
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Born again universe
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2018; 97 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.044003
View details for Web of Science ID 000424057500004
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Localizing gravitational wave sources with single-baseline atom interferometers
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2018; 97 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.024052
View details for Web of Science ID 000423656900005
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The cosmic axion spin precession experiment (CASPEr): a dark-matter search with nuclear magnetic resonance
QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2018; 3 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1088/2058-9565/aa9861
View details for Web of Science ID 000427381500008
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Resonant mode for gravitational wave detectors based on atom interferometry
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2016; 94 (10)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.104022
View details for Web of Science ID 000387393200005
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Vector dark matter from inflationary fluctuations
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2016; 93 (10)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.103520
View details for Web of Science ID 000376258700005
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Dark matter direct detection with accelerometers
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2016; 93 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.075029
View details for Web of Science ID 000374548000010
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Cosmological Relaxation of the Electroweak Scale.
Physical review letters
2015; 115 (22): 221801
Abstract
A new class of solutions to the electroweak hierarchy problem is presented that does not require either weak-scale dynamics or anthropics. Dynamical evolution during the early Universe drives the Higgs boson mass to a value much smaller than the cutoff. The simplest model has the particle content of the standard model plus a QCD axion and an inflation sector. The highest cutoff achieved in any technically natural model is 10^{8} GeV.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.221801
View details for PubMedID 26650289
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Testing long-distance modifications of gravity to 100 astronomical units
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2015; 92 (10)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.104048
View details for Web of Science ID 000365512300007
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Cosmological Relaxation of the Electroweak Scale
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2015; 115 (22)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.221801
View details for Web of Science ID 000365522300001
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Radio for hidden-photon dark matter detection
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2015; 92 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.075012
View details for Web of Science ID 000362443600004
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Dark matter triggers of supernovae
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2015; 92 (6)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.063007
View details for Web of Science ID 000360886300003
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Towards a Bullet-proof test for indirect signals of dark matter
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2015; 91 (10)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.103524
View details for Web of Science ID 000354983300006
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Experimental Searches for the Axion and Axion-Like Particles
ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE, VOL 65
2015; 65: 485-514
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-nucl-102014-022120
View details for Web of Science ID 000363473100020
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Parametrically enhanced hidden photon search
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2014; 90 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.075017
View details for Web of Science ID 000344022100004
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Supersymmetric crevices: Missing signatures of R-parity violation at the LHC
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2014; 90 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.075005
View details for Web of Science ID 000344017600005
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Exploring eternal stability with the simple harmonic universe
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
2014
View details for DOI 10.1007/JHEP08(2014)163
View details for Web of Science ID 000347894900002
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Proposal for a Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment (CASPEr)
PHYSICAL REVIEW X
2014; 4 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevX.4.021030
View details for Web of Science ID 000340658200001
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Displaced vertices from R-parity violation and baryogenesis
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2014; 89 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.054003
View details for Web of Science ID 000333102300004
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A simple harmonic universe
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
2014
View details for DOI 10.1007/JHEP02(2014)029
View details for Web of Science ID 000331033800001
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New observables for direct detection of axion dark matter
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2013; 88 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.035023
View details for Web of Science ID 000323576100007
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New method for gravitational wave detection with atomic sensors.
Physical review letters
2013; 110 (17): 171102-?
Abstract
Laser frequency noise is a dominant noise background for the detection of gravitational waves using long-baseline optical interferometry. Amelioration of this noise requires near simultaneous strain measurements on more than one interferometer baseline, necessitating, for example, more than two satellites for a space-based detector or two interferometer arms for a ground-based detector. We describe a new detection strategy based on recent advances in optical atomic clocks and atom interferometry which can operate at long baselines and which is immune to laser frequency noise. Laser frequency noise is suppressed because the signal arises strictly from the light propagation time between two ensembles of atoms. This new class of sensor allows sensitive gravitational wave detection with only a single baseline. This approach also has practical applications in, for example, the development of ultrasensitive gravimeters and gravity gradiometers.
View details for PubMedID 23679702
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New method for gravitational wave detection with atomic sensors.
Physical review letters
2013; 110 (17): 171102-?
Abstract
Laser frequency noise is a dominant noise background for the detection of gravitational waves using long-baseline optical interferometry. Amelioration of this noise requires near simultaneous strain measurements on more than one interferometer baseline, necessitating, for example, more than two satellites for a space-based detector or two interferometer arms for a ground-based detector. We describe a new detection strategy based on recent advances in optical atomic clocks and atom interferometry which can operate at long baselines and which is immune to laser frequency noise. Laser frequency noise is suppressed because the signal arises strictly from the light propagation time between two ensembles of atoms. This new class of sensor allows sensitive gravitational wave detection with only a single baseline. This approach also has practical applications in, for example, the development of ultrasensitive gravimeters and gravity gradiometers.
View details for PubMedID 23679702
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Semiconductor probes of light dark matter
PHYSICS OF THE DARK UNIVERSE
2012; 1 (1-2): 32-49
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dark.2012.09.001
View details for Web of Science ID 000209108200003
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New measurements with stopped particles at the LHC
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2012; 86 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.034020
View details for Web of Science ID 000307727500003
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Displaced Supersymmetry
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
2012
View details for DOI 10.1007/JHEP07(2012)149
View details for Web of Science ID 000307299800027
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Limits on large extra dimensions based on observations of neutron stars with the Fermi-LAT
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
2012
View details for DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/02/012
View details for Web of Science ID 000301176000013
- Fundamental Physics at the Intensity Frontier 2012
- Semiconductor Probes of Light Dark Matter Physics of the Dark Universe 2012; 1 (32)
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Axion dark matter detection with cold molecules
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2011; 84 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.055013
View details for Web of Science ID 000294927600008
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Reply to "Comment on 'Atomic gravitational wave interferometric sensor'"
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2011; 84 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.028102
View details for Web of Science ID 000293182400006
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An atomic gravitational wave interferometric sensor in low earth orbit (AGIS-LEO)
GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION
2011; 43 (7): 1953-2009
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10714-011-1182-x
View details for Web of Science ID 000291059400005
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Dark Matter Searches with Astroparticle Data
ANNUAL REVIEW OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, VOL 49
2011; 49: 155-194
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-astro-081710-102528
View details for Web of Science ID 000295819800005
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Luminous dark matter
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2010; 82 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.075019
View details for Web of Science ID 000208474900007
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Observing the dimensionality of our parent vacuum
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2010; 82 (6)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.063524
View details for Web of Science ID 000282047400001
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Exothermic dark matter
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2010; 82 (6)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.063512
View details for Web of Science ID 000281659000002
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Little solution to the little hierarchy problem: A vectorlike generation
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2010; 81 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.055016
View details for Web of Science ID 000276194200094
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Domino theory of flavor
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2010; 81 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.033002
View details for Web of Science ID 000275069000013
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Decaying dark matter as a probe of unification and TeV spectroscopy
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2009; 80 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.055011
View details for Web of Science ID 000270384900087
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Gravitational wave detection with atom interferometry
PHYSICS LETTERS B
2009; 678 (1): 37-40
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.physletb.2009.06.011
View details for Web of Science ID 000267816100006
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Astrophysical probes of unification
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2009; 79 (10)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.105022
View details for Web of Science ID 000266501900105
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Atomic gravitational wave interferometric sensor
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2008; 78 (12)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.122002
View details for Web of Science ID 000262251100003
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General relativistic effects in atom interferometry
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2008; 78 (4)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.042003
View details for Web of Science ID 000259368500007
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Testing general relativity with atom interferometry
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2007; 98 (11)
Abstract
The unprecedented precision of atom interferometry will soon lead to laboratory tests of general relativity to levels that will rival or exceed those reached by astrophysical observations. We propose such an experiment that will initially test the equivalence principle to 1 part in 10(15) (300 times better than the current limit), and 1 part in 10(17) in the future. It will also probe general relativistic effects - such as the nonlinear three-graviton coupling, the gravity of an atom's kinetic energy, and the falling of light - to several decimals. In contrast with astrophysical observations, laboratory tests can isolate these effects via their different functional dependence on experimental variables.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.111102
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- Four Taus at the Tevatron 2006
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Limits on split supersymmetry from gluino cosmology
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2005; 72 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.075011
View details for Web of Science ID 000232936300069
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Indirect signals from dark matter in split supersymmetry
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2005; 72 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.055010
View details for Web of Science ID 000232230000088
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One loop predictions of the finely tuned supersymmetric standard model
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2004; 70 (11)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.117703
View details for Web of Science ID 000226054700109
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The scintillation efficiency of carbon and hydrogen recoils in an organic liquid scintillator for dark matter searches
ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
2002; 16 (3): 333-338
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