Hidden Sector Photons and Axions Working Group

Purpose

The "Hidden Sector Photons and Axions Working Group" is one of the six working groups exploring new physics opportunities for the Intensity Frontier Workshop to be held in the Washington, D.C. area November 30-December 2, 2011. (See http://www.intensityfrontier.org/ ). Our Working Group will examine the physics behind searches for hidden sector photons and axions, the scientific opportunities presented by such searches, the facilities and technologies required for these searches, and how new facilities and technologies can expand them. Our goal will be to present a compelling case for this physics at the Intensity Frontier Workshop, demonstrate interest in both the Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics communities, and characterize on-going and future research possibilities. Our group is responsible for summarizing its findings in a written report to DOE, 20-50 pages in length, to be submitted within two months of the Workshop.

Convenors

Juan Collar (collar@uchicago.edu), Rouven Essig (rouven.essig@stonybrook.edu ), and John Jaros (john@slac.stanford.edu )

Interim Meetings

We are planning to hold 2-3 phone meetings before the Intensity Frontier Workshop itself, to discuss the goals of this group, to survey experiments being planned or proposed, review theoretical developments, plan presentations at the Workshop, and prepare writing our report. We urge everyone interested to attend these meetings. They will be announced to all who register for this group.

Fact Sheets

In order to survey all the current and planned experiments, we ask all interested participants to fill out a form providing experimental details (Coming soon).

The Intensity Frontier Workshop

Register for the Workshop at http://www.intensityfrontier.org/ . Plan to attend. We expect the Workshop to consist of 1/2 day of opening plenaries, 1 and 1/2 days of parallel sessions for working group talks and preparations, and 1 day for plenary summaries of all the working groups.

Working Group Registration