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20142026
most citedUltralight dark matter detection with levitated ferromagnets

18 citations · 43 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

hep-ph2026

A Levitated-Magnet Vector Force Sensor for Spin-Dependent Exotic Interactions

Dorian W. P. Amaral, Lei Cong, Tim M. Fuchs +2

We present a magnetically levitated ferromagnetic vector force sensor that enables selective searches for spin-dependent exotic interactions mediated by beyond-Standard-Model boson…

physics.geo-ph2026

Detection of the Earth Tides by Diamagnetic Levitation

Tim M. Fuchs, Elliot Simcox, Michael Hawker +2

The detection of mass distributions and mass transport via gravity mapping is a key geophysical tool for understanding the structure and dynamics of the earth. Changes in mass dist…

quant-ph2025

Macroscopic Quantum Resonators Path Finder (MAQRO-PF) White Paper

Jack Homans, Laura da Palma Barbara, Jakub Wardak +3

Optically levitated particles are used in a wide range of experiments to explore both fundamental physics and to act as sensors to a variety of external forces. One field of partic…

quant-ph2025

Cryogenic pressure sensing with an ultrafast Meissner-levitated microrotor

Joel K Jose, Andrea Marchese, Marion Cromb +5

Magnetically levitated spinning rotors are key elements in important technologies such as navigation by gyroscopes, energy storage by flywheels, ultra-high vacuum generation by tur…

physics.optics2025

Oligonucleotide selective detection by levitated optomechanics

Timothy Wilson, Owen J. L. Rackham, Hendrik Ulbricht

This study examines the detection of oligonucleotide-specific signals in sensitive optomechanical experiments. Silica nanoparticles were functionalized using ZnCl and 25-mers o…

hep-ph2025

Magnetic Levitation as a New Probe of Non-Newtonian Gravity

Dorian W. P. Amaral, Tim M. Fuchs, Hendrik Ulbricht +1

We present MORRIS (Magnetic Oscillatory Resonator for Rare-Interaction Studies) and propose the first tabletop search for non-Newtonian gravity due to a Yukawa-like fifth force usi…

physics.ins-det2025★ 2 cited

An experimental platform for levitated mechanics in space

Jack Homans, Elliot Simcox, Jakub Wardak +9

Conducting levitated mechanical experiments in extreme conditions has long been the aim of researchers, as it allows for the investigation of new fundamental physics phenomena. One…

hep-ph2024★ 18 cited

Ultralight dark matter detection with levitated ferromagnets

Saarik Kalia, Dmitry Budker, Derek F. Jackson Kimball +7

Levitated ferromagnets act as ultraprecise magnetometers, which can exhibit high quality factors due to their excellent isolation from the environment. These instruments can be uti…

quant-ph2024

Levitated ferromagnetic magnetometer with energy resolution well below

Felix Ahrens, Wei Ji, Dmitry Budker +3

A quantum limit on the measurement of magnetic field has been recently pointed out, stating that the so-called Energy Resolution is bounded to $E_\mathrm{R} \gtrsim…

quant-ph2023★ 2 cited

Nanoparticle Interferometer by Throw and Catch

Jakub Wardak, Tiberius Georgescu, Giulio Gasbarri +2

Matter-wave interferometry with increasingly larger masses could pave the way to understanding the nature of wavefunction collapse, the quantum to classical transition or even how…

quant-ph2023★ 4 cited

Linear cooling of a levitated micromagnetic cylinder by vibration

Chris Timberlake, Elliot Simcox, Hendrik Ulbricht

We report feedback cooling of translational and librational degrees of freedom of a levitated micromagnet cylinder, utilizing a piezoelectric actuator to apply linear feedback to h…

quant-ph2020★ 17 cited

Testing Dissipative Collapse Models with a Levitated Micromagnet

A. Vinante, G. Gasbarri, C. Timberlake +2

We present experimental tests of dissipative extensions of spontaneous wave function collapse models based on a levitated micromagnet with ultralow dissipation. The spherical micro…

quant-ph2014

Correlated random walks caused by dynamical wavefunction collapse

Daniel Bedingham, Hendrik Ulbricht

Wavefunction collapse models modify Schrödinger's equation so that it describes the collapse of a superposition of macroscopically distinguishable states as a dynamical process. Th…