Fundamental Physics at the Quantum Limits of Measurement

This talk explores how the search for new fundamental physics—particles, fields, celestial objects—increasingly requires detection methods that overcome quantum mechanical noise limitations. Learn how experiments like LIGO's gravitational wave detection with squeezed light exemplify this frontier, and discover ongoing research in dark matter detection, precision nuclear physics, and tests of gravity quantization that operate at quantum measurement limits. Daniel Carney from Berkeley Labs provides an overview of current developments and realistic achievements possible within the next decade in this quantum-limited measurement regime.