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Nathan Campioni (Sapienza Università di Roma)12/05/2026, 16:15Poster
Quantum sensing protocols based on superconducting qubits are emerging as promising tools for applications ranging from fundamental physics to the search for axion dark matter with haloscopes. Achieving high-sensitivity photon detection with low dark-count rates is crucial for resolving single-photon wavepackets and weak coherent fields. A promising platform employs networks of superconducting...
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Elisabetta Bossio (CEA Paris-Saclay)12/05/2026, 16:15Poster
The CRAB (Calibrated nuclear Recoils for Accurate Bolometry) experiment uses neutron capture to study the sub-keV nuclear recoil response of cryogenic detectors with high precision, a key ingredient for the interpretation of CEνNS measurements and dark-matter searches.
After the successful validation of the method, demonstrated by the detection of a 112 eV recoil peak in a CaWO₄ cryogenic...
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Raja Yasir Mehmood Khan (Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy)12/05/2026, 16:15Poster
Interactions of radioactive radiations with superconducting qubit chips generate dense cascades of electron-hole pairs, whose recombination produces high-energy phonons. These phonons can propagate across the substrate and break Cooper pairs, creating quasiparticles that degrade qubit coherence and induce excess noise and correlated errors across multiple qubits. In this work, we...
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Camilla Bonomo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)12/05/2026, 16:15Poster
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Jeanne Bally (Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure)12/05/2026, 16:15Poster
We propose a paradigm for quantum enhanced axion dark matter search, which does not rely on power measurements. We propose to measure directly the axion amplitude and phase in an interferometric protocol at the quantum limit, using a non-linear cavity. In addition, we introduce gyromagnetic modes as wide mass range transducers for axion signals compatible with standard haloscope designs. We...
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Davide Quaranta (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Matteo Folcarelli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)12/05/2026, 16:15Poster
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Benedetta Corcione (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)12/05/2026, 16:15Poster
Transition-edge sensors (TESs) are thin superconducting films operated close to their critical temperature, and have been employed as micro-calorimeters with excellent intrinsic energy resolution in the detection of single photons. Recent works have explored their potential for the detection of single electrons. This can be a key point in rare-event
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Dora Maiello12/05/2026, 16:35Poster
We demonstrate a broadband frequency tuning mechanism applied to a superconducting Nb₃Sn-coated microwave cavity for wave-like dark matter (DM) searches. The cavity consists of two halves: one fixed and one mounted on a sliding cart, enabling a controllable axial gap of up to 6 mm. This "tuning-by-opening" approach changes the effective radius of the cavity and shifts the resonance from 9 GHz...
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Vladyslav Berest12/05/2026, 16:35Poster
Transition edge sensors (TES) are recognized as a key technology for cryogenic detectors requiring high sensitivity, fast response, and scalability to large numbers of channels. Within the framework of the CUPID (CUORE Upgrade with Particle IDentification) experiment, which aims to search for neutrinoless double beta decay, recent advances in TES technologies are presented, including...
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Jessica Fry12/05/2026, 16:35Poster
The DMRadio program is developing a suite of experiments to probe QCD axions in the sub-1 μeV mass range, a dark matter candidate with implications for grand unified theories and pre-inflationary cosmology. The first of these, DMRadio-50L, is undergoing commissioning and targets axion dark matter masses corresponding to frequencies from 5 kHz to 5 MHz. Accessing this low-mass QCD axion regime...
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Alberto Ressa (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)12/05/2026, 16:35Poster
Superconducting qubits can be sensitive to abrupt energy deposits caused by cosmic rays and ambient radioactivity. While previous studies have explored correlated effects in time and space due to cosmic ray interactions, we present the direct comparison of a transmon qubit's performance measured at two distinct sites: the above-ground SQMS facility (Fermilab, US) and the deep-underground Gran...
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Leonardo Pesce (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)12/05/2026, 16:35Poster
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Emanuela Celi (Northwestern University)12/05/2026, 16:35Poster
When an ionizing particle interacts with the substrate of a superconducting qubit chip, it generates high-energy athermal phonons that propagate through the material, breaking Cooper pairs in the superconducting films and inducing quasiparticle poisoning. These non-equilibrium quasiparticles limit qubit coherence times and introduce correlated errors across large qubit arrays, posing a major...
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Francesco De Dominicis (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)12/05/2026, 16:35Poster
The discovery that superconducting qubits are sensitive to ionizing radiation [1] has sparked interest beyond the quantum research community. Recent experiments, capable of detecting single interactions from cosmic muons [2, 3] and γ-rays [4], have highlighted the potential of these devices as a novel type of particle detector. As research in this field is still at an early stage, many...
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55. A Cryogenic Muon Tagging System Based on Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Superconducting QubitsLetizia Tirabasso (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)12/05/2026, 16:55Poster
Several cutting-edge experiments using cryogenic superconducting devices are being developed to search for light Dark Matter, implementing innovative techniques for background suppression.
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We propose a novel cryogenic muon tagging system based on Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs) that achieves an efficiency exceeding 90% with negligible dead time. The muon tagging system has been... -
Giosue' Sardo Infirri (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)12/05/2026, 16:55Poster
The search for axions, light and weakly interacting dark matter particles, is nowadays mostly
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exploited through photon coupling in the sub-meV region. In this range, only haloscopes have a
sensitivity to test theoretically motivated axion models. (talk by Di Vora for the last updates on
the QUAX haloscope[1])
Axions can also be exploited through coupling to fermions, but no experiment is... -
Matteo Cappelli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)12/05/2026, 16:55Poster
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Timo Philipp Muscheid12/05/2026, 16:55Poster
Modern experiments in particle and astroparticle physics are increasingly relying on low-temperature detectors to achieve unprecedented sensitivities. Common applications of these detectors include efforts to determine the absolute neutrino mass scale, search for neutrinoless double beta decay, and detection of potential dark matter candidates. Achieving these goals with high energy resolution...
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Mario De Lucia (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Tommaso Lari (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Giulia Spina (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Matteo Del Gallo Roccagiovine12/05/2026, 16:55Poster
BULLKID-DM is a cryogenic experiment, carried out at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in
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Italy, that will search for ≤ 1GeV/c2WIMP dark matter particles with nucleon cross-sections below 10−41cm2.The
main detector consists of an 800g array of over 2000 silicon dice, each acting as a particle absorber instrumented
with multiplexed Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs). The... -
Kenta Kodama12/05/2026, 16:55Poster
In 1983, Pierre Sikivie developed an idea that would allow us to detect the conversion of an axion — one of the promising candidates for dark matter — into a photon. via the Inverse Primakoff effect. By constructing a cavity whose resonance frequency would be in tune with the axion frequency, we can increase the coupling between the electric field inside the cavity and the axion field by...
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Nora Hoch (MIT)12/05/2026, 16:55Poster
The DarkDot experiment is a search for light dark matter utilizing Quantum Dots as the detector medium and Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors (SNSPDs) as photon sensors. Quantum Dots are nanocrystals that are highly customizable, allowing for precise tuning of the energy needed for scintillation, the type of interaction allowed, and the wavelength of the scintillation photon....
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Elisa Gabbrielli (Max Planck Institut für Physik)12/05/2026, 16:55Poster
RADES (Relic Axion Detection Exploratory Setup) is a haloscope experiment designed to search for axions originating from the local dark matter galactic halo in the μeV mass range, under the assumption that dark matter is entirely composed of axions. The detection technique relies on a resonant cavity immersed in a strong magnetic field to enhance the conversion of axions into detectable...
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