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Measuring gravity at micron scale and other fun tricks with optically levitated microspheres

Name: Measuring gravity at micron scale and other fun tricks with optically levitated microspheres
Start: 2022-04-20T15:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-04-20T16:30:00+02:00
Location: No location set

by Prof. Giorgio Gratta (Stanford University)

Wednesday 20 Apr 2022, 15:30 → 16:30 Europe/Rome

Description

I will describe a new program of measurements in fundamental physics using optically levitated dielectric microspheres. The focus of the talk will be the recently completed first search for new, gravity-like interactions at micron scale using this novel technique. I will also show an array of other results, including searches for millicharged particles, Chameleon fields and techniques to manipulate the various degrees of freedom of the trapped microspheres.