My current research is on Axion Quark Nuggets (AQNs), a dark matter candidate. AQNs are very heavy (1 g - 1 kg) composite objects of nuclear density: they are made up of quarks held together by the axion field, and surrounded by a sphere of electrons (electrosphere).
Below are some materials which describe my current work in increasing order of detail/complexity.
3 Minute Thesis Presentation, UBC 2024 3MT Semi-Finals.
Watch on YouTube.
10 minute slidedeck.
Website link.
Summary poster.
GitHub link.
Paper: The Glow of Axion Quark Nugget Dark Matter: (III) The Milky-Way UV Background.
In preparation, stay tuned! In the meantime, check out earlier papers in The Glow of Axion Quark Nugget Dark Matter series: (I), (II).
MSc. Thesis: Axion Quark Nuggets: A Recipe for a Glowing Milky Way?
In preparation, stay tuned! In the meantime, check out my undergraduate thesis at the UBC library.
During my undergraduate degree, I worked with the Hyper-K Collaboration through TRIUMF.
[Work in progress!]