Date: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025

Time: 11:40 am

Place: PARANINFO (Faculty of Science & Technology, Leioa, UPV/EHU)

Title: Chasing the Biggest Bangs since the Big Bang with Atom Interferometers

Speaker: Prof. John Ellis (King’s College & CERN)

Abstract:

Atom interferometers offer opportunities for detecting gravitational waves in the deci-Hz frequency range that is inaccessible to laser interferometers, as well as coherent clouds of ultralight bosonic dark matter fields. Observations of gravitational waves in the deci-Hz range could give insights into the mechanisms for assembling supermassive black holes and constrain alternatives to cold dark matter.