2 papers
quant-ph2026
Optomechanical Detection of Individual Gas Collisions
Yu-Han Tseng, Clarke A. Hardy, T. W. Penny +4
We experimentally demonstrate the detection of momentum transfers from individual collisions of Kr, Xe, and SF with an optically levitated nanoparticle, finding good agreement…
hep-ph2025
Mechanical Sensors for Ultraheavy Dark Matter Searches via Long-range Forces
Juehang Qin, Dorian W. P. Amaral, Sunil A. Bhave +10
Dark matter candidates with masses around the Planck-scale are theoretically well-motivated, and it has been suggested that it might be possible to search for dark matter solely vi…