QuIPS Experiment

The QuIPS (Quantum Invisible Particle Sensor) is a novel table-top quantum sensing experiment currently being developed in a collaboration between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley, Yale University, and the Colorado School of Mines. QuIPS will search for beyond-standard-model particles produced in nuclear decays, using optomechanically levitated nanospheres surrounded by an array of particle physics CMOS calorimeters. See this reference for further detail.

For this project, I have been conducting Monte Carlo particle physics simulations in the Geant4 software to design the quantum sensing architecture. The first experimental search for massive sterile neutrinos using QuIPS will take place in early 2026, so stay tuned for a result!