Michael Doser.

Tuesday 13 Jan 2026, 14:00 → 16:00 Europe/Budapest

Abstract:

The seminar will provide a glimpse of some elements of the rapidly evolving field of quantum sensing, with a particular focus on applications in particle physics. Specific approaches involving quantum systems, such as low-dimensional systems or manipulations of ensembles of quantum systems, hold great promise for improving high-energy particle physics detectors, particularly in areas like calorimetry, tracking, and timing. The use of quantum sensors for high-precision measurements, such as precision spectroscopy of novel atomic, molecular or ionic systems, as well as the development of new quantum sensors based on superconducting circuits, ion and particle traps, crystals, and nanomaterials, are equally relevant for low energy measurements that rely on high energy physics infrastructures.

Significant advances and improvements in existing or future quantum technologies will be necessary to address such topics related to the dark universe, the detection of relic neutrinos, precision tests of symmetries and of the standard model and probing general foundational issues in physics. The seminar will thus also feature discussions of the Quantum Sensing Initiatives at CERN and the ECFA R&D Roadmap on Quantum Sensing and Advanced Technologies and will discuss options for future collaborations in the context of the  recently approved DRD5 implementation of the roadmap.

CV of the speaker
 
Michael Doser is a senior research physicist working at CERN, the European Centre for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland. He co-founded (in 2012) and led (until 2022) the AEgIS experiment working with antimatter atoms, and continues to focus on working with antimatter (formation of anti-atoms, study of matter-antimatter asymmetry, measurement of the gravitational interaction between matter and antimatter, exotic atom spectroscopy and nuclear physics), using it either as a tool or as an object of study itself. Since 2022, he has been exploring the opportunities provided by quantum sensing for particle physics and since 2024 is spokesperson of a globe-spanning collaboration of 115 institutes carrying out R&D on a wide range of quantum sensor families with the goal of developing these for fundamental physics. He has also been editor of Physics Letters B since 20 years.