The detection of individual quanta (and other low-threshold signals) is a persistent challenge in the field of particle physics. Recent developments in quantum sensing and, more broadly, quantum information science, have given experimental particle physicists new tools with which to address difficult problems. We will discuss the ways in which researchers at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and the US particle physics community more broadly, are adopting these new tools in service of their specific mission. An example of such a challenge, which we treat in depth, is the development of very-low-threshold particle detectors for the direct detection of dark matter.

Daniel Bowring is a staff scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He got his PhD working on thin film superconductivity for accelerator physics applications at Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory. He is the recipient of a DOE Early Career Award, developing superconducting qubits for use in particle physics detectors.

Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy, QIS

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Daniel Bowring (2024), "The Role of Quantum Information Science in Experimental Particle Physics," https://nanohub.org/resources/38512.

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1. dark matter
2. quantum science and information
3. quantum sensing