Reza Ebadi

Graduate Student

Ph.D. Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, 2025
B.S. Physics, Sharif University of Technology, 2019

Reza’s research focuses on precision measurement tests of fundamental physics, dark matter detection, and astrophysics.

ebadi@umd.edu

Notable Publications

Publications

Measuring Pulsar Distances from Chirping Orbital Periods. Brady Egleston, Reza Ebadi, and Ronald Walsworth. arXiv:2602.15110 (2026). PDF
BibTeX
@article{Egleston2026, sort_date = {2026-02-16}, sort_date_type = {arxiv-submitted}, title = {Measuring Pulsar Distances from Chirping Orbital Periods}, author = {Egleston, Brady and Ebadi, Reza and Walsworth, Ronald}, journal = {arXiv:2602.15110}, year = {2026}, month = {Feb}, eprint = {2602.15110}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, primaryclass = {astro-ph.HE}, url_link = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15110}, url_pdf = {/files/2026/02/2602.15110v1.pdf}, keywords = {astro, fundamental-phys} }

arXiv

LISA double white dwarf binaries as Galactic accelerometers. Reza Ebadi, Vladimir Strokov, Erwin H. Tanin, Emanuele Berti, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. D 111, 044023 (2025). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{EBADI2025, sort_date = {2025-02-10}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {LISA double white dwarf binaries as Galactic accelerometers}, author = {Ebadi, Reza and Strokov, Vladimir and Tanin, Erwin H. and Berti, Emanuele and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. D}, volume = {111}, issue = {4}, pages = {044023}, numpages = {20}, year = {2025}, month = {Feb}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.111.044023}, day = {10}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.111.044023}, url_pdf = {/files/2025/02/PhysRevD.111.044023.pdf}, keywords = {astro, fundamental-phys}, eprint = {2405.13109}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv

Diamond micro-chip for quantum microscopy. Shahidul Asif, Hang Chen, Johannes Cremer, Shantam Ravan, Jeyson Támara-Isaza, Saurabh Lamsal, Reza Ebadi, Yan Li, Ling-Jie Zhou, Cui-Zu Chang, John Q. Xiao, Amir Yacoby, Ronald L. Walsworth, and Mark J. H. Ku. AVS Quantum Science 6, 044405 (2024). link PDF supplement
BibTeX
@article{ASIF2024, sort_date = {2024-12}, sort_date_type = {journal-issue}, author = {Asif, Shahidul and Chen, Hang and Cremer, Johannes and Ravan, Shantam and T\'{a}mara-Isaza, Jeyson and Lamsal, Saurabh and Ebadi, Reza and Li, Yan and Zhou, Ling-Jie and Chang, Cui-Zu and Xiao, John Q. and Yacoby, Amir and Walsworth, Ronald L. and Ku, Mark J. H.}, title = {Diamond micro-chip for quantum microscopy}, journal = {AVS Quantum Science}, volume = {6}, number = {4}, pages = {044405}, year = {2024}, month = {12}, issn = {2639-0213}, doi = {10.1116/5.0223774}, url_link = {https://doi.org/10.1116/5.0223774}, url_pdf = {/files/2024/12/Diamond-Micro-Chip.pdf}, url_supplement = {/files/2024/12/DMC_SM_20240819_rev02_major.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing}, eprint = {2403.10414}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv
Progress towards a solid-state directional dark matter detector. Daniel G. Ang, Xingxin Liu, Jiashen Tang, Maximilian Shen, Reza Ebadi, and Ronald L. Walsworth. In Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter 2024 Proceedings, pp. 18–21 (2024). PDF
BibTeX
@incollection{BAUM2024, sort_date = {2024-05-02}, sort_date_type = {arxiv-submitted}, title = {Progress towards a solid-state directional dark matter detector}, author = {Daniel G. Ang and Xingxin Liu and Jiashen Tang and Maximilian Shen and Reza Ebadi and Ronald L. Walsworth}, booktitle = {Mineral Detection of Neutrinos and Dark Matter 2024 Proceedings}, pages = {18--21}, year = {2024}, month = {5}, day = {2}, eprint = {2405.01626}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, primaryclass = {astro-ph.CO}, url_link = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.01626}, url_pdf = {/files/2024/05/2405.01626v1-ee1cb6ab6ec17724.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, fundamental-phys} }

arXiv
GALILEO: Galactic Axion Laser Interferometer Leveraging Electro-Optics. Reza Ebadi, David E. Kaplan, Surjeet Rajendran, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 101001 (2024). link PDF supplement
BibTeX
@article{EBADI2024, sort_date = {2024-03-04}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {GALILEO: Galactic Axion Laser Interferometer Leveraging Electro-Optics}, author = {Ebadi, Reza and Kaplan, David E. and Rajendran, Surjeet and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, volume = {132}, issue = {10}, pages = {101001}, numpages = {8}, year = {2024}, month = {Mar}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.101001}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.101001}, url_pdf = {/files/2024/03/Ebadi_2024-92587cf81719893f.pdf}, url_supplement = {/files/2024/03/Ebadi_2024_sup-82dcf64a27c55f98.pdf}, keywords = {fundamental-phys}, eprint = {2306.02168}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv

Snowmass2021 cosmic frontier white paper: Ultraheavy particle dark matter. Daniel Carney, Nirmal Raj, Yang Bai, Joshua Berger, Carlos Blanco, Joseph Bramante, Christopher Cappiello, Maíra Dutra, Reza Ebadi, Kristi Engel, Edward Kolb, J. Patrick Harding, Jason Kumar, Gordan Krnjaic, Rafael F. Lang, Rebecca K. Leane, Benjamin V. Lehmann, Shengchao Li, Andrew J. Long, Gopolang Mohlabeng, Ibles Olcina, Elisa Pueschel, Nicholas L. Rodd, Carsten Rott, Dipan Sengupta, Bibhushan Shakya, Ronald L. Walsworth, and Shawn Westerdale. SciPost Phys. Core 6, 075 (2023). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{Carney2023, sort_date = {2023-11-06}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {{Snowmass2021 cosmic frontier white paper: Ultraheavy particle dark matter}}, author = {Carney, Daniel and Raj, Nirmal and Bai, Yang and Berger, Joshua and Blanco, Carlos and Bramante, Joseph and Cappiello, Christopher and Dutra, Ma\'ira and Ebadi, Reza and Engel, Kristi and Kolb, Edward and Harding, J. Patrick and Kumar, Jason and Krnjaic, Gordan and Lang, Rafael F. and Leane, Rebecca K. and Lehmann, Benjamin V. and Li, Shengchao and Long, Andrew J. and Mohlabeng, Gopolang and Olcina, Ibles and Pueschel, Elisa and Rodd, Nicholas L. and Rott, Carsten and Sengupta, Dipan and Shakya, Bibhushan and Walsworth, Ronald L. and Westerdale, Shawn}, journal = {SciPost Phys. Core}, volume = {6}, pages = {075}, year = {2023}, publisher = {SciPost}, doi = {10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.6.4.075}, url_link = {https://scipost.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.6.4.075}, url_pdf = {/files/2023/11/Carney_2023.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, fundamental-phys}, eprint = {2203.06508}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv
Mineral detection of neutrinos and dark matter. A whitepaper. Sebastian Baum, Patrick Stengel, Natsue Abe, Javier F. Acevedo, Gabriela R. Araujo, Yoshihiro Asahara, Frank Avignone, Levente Balogh, Laura Baudis, Yilda Boukhtouchen, Joseph Bramante, Pieter Alexander Breur, Lorenzo Caccianiga, Francesco Capozzi, Juan I. Collar, Reza Ebadi, Thomas Edwards, Klaus Eitel, Alexey Elykov, Rodney C. Ewing, Katherine Freese, Audrey Fung, Claudio Galelli, Ulrich A. Glasmacher, Arianna Gleason, Noriko Hasebe, Shigenobu Hirose, Shunsaku Horiuchi, Yasushi Hoshino, Patrick Huber, Yuki Ido, Yohei Igami, Norito Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Itow, Takashi Kamiyama, Takenori Kato, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Yoji Kawamura, Shingo Kazama, Christopher J. Kenney, Ben Kilminster, Yui Kouketsu, Yukiko Kozaka, Noah A. Kurinsky, Matthew Leybourne, Thalles Lucas, William F. McDonough, Mason C. Marshall, Jose Maria Mateos, Anubhav Mathur, Katsuyoshi Michibayashi, Sharlotte Mkhonto, Kohta Murase, Tatsuhiro Naka, Kenji Oguni, Surjeet Rajendran, Hitoshi Sakane, Paola Sala, Kate Scholberg, Ingrida Semenec, Takuya Shiraishi, Joshua Spitz, Kai Sun, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Erwin H. Tanin, Aaron Vincent, Nikita Vladimirov, Ronald L. Walsworth, and Hiroko Watanabe. Physics of the Dark Universe 41, 101245 (2023). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{BAUM2023, eprint = {2301.07118}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, sort_date = {2023-08}, sort_date_type = {journal-issue}, title = {Mineral detection of neutrinos and dark matter. A whitepaper}, journal = {Physics of the Dark Universe}, volume = {41}, pages = {101245}, year = {2023}, month = {8}, issn = {2212-6864}, doi = {10.1016/j.dark.2023.101245}, url_link = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212686423000791}, url_pdf = {/files/2023/06/Baum2023.pdf}, keywords = {fundamental-phys}, author = {Sebastian Baum and Patrick Stengel and Natsue Abe and Javier F. Acevedo and Gabriela R. Araujo and Yoshihiro Asahara and Frank Avignone and Levente Balogh and Laura Baudis and Yilda Boukhtouchen and Joseph Bramante and Pieter Alexander Breur and Lorenzo Caccianiga and Francesco Capozzi and Juan I. Collar and Reza Ebadi and Thomas Edwards and Klaus Eitel and Alexey Elykov and Rodney C. Ewing and Katherine Freese and Audrey Fung and Claudio Galelli and Ulrich A. Glasmacher and Arianna Gleason and Noriko Hasebe and Shigenobu Hirose and Shunsaku Horiuchi and Yasushi Hoshino and Patrick Huber and Yuki Ido and Yohei Igami and Norito Ishikawa and Yoshitaka Itow and Takashi Kamiyama and Takenori Kato and Bradley J. Kavanagh and Yoji Kawamura and Shingo Kazama and Christopher J. Kenney and Ben Kilminster and Yui Kouketsu and Yukiko Kozaka and Noah A. Kurinsky and Matthew Leybourne and Thalles Lucas and William F. McDonough and Mason C. Marshall and Jose Maria Mateos and Anubhav Mathur and Katsuyoshi Michibayashi and Sharlotte Mkhonto and Kohta Murase and Tatsuhiro Naka and Kenji Oguni and Surjeet Rajendran and Hitoshi Sakane and Paola Sala and Kate Scholberg and Ingrida Semenec and Takuya Shiraishi and Joshua Spitz and Kai Sun and Katsuhiko Suzuki and Erwin H. Tanin and Aaron Vincent and Nikita Vladimirov and Ronald L. Walsworth and Hiroko Watanabe}, keywors = {quantum_sensing, fundamental-phys} }

arXiv

Directional detection of dark matter using solid-state quantum sensing. Reza Ebadi, Mason C. Marshall, David F. Phillips, Johannes Cremer, Tao Zhou, Michael Titze, Pauli Kehayias, Maziar Saleh Ziabari, Nazar Delegan, Surjeet Rajendran, Alexander O. Sushkov, F. Joseph Heremans, Edward S. Bielejec, Martin V. Holt, and Ronald L. Walsworth. AVS Quantum Science 4, 044701 (2022). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{Ebadi2022_AVS-Quantum, sort_date = {2022-12}, sort_date_type = {journal-issue}, author = {Ebadi,Reza and Marshall,Mason C. and Phillips,David F. and Cremer,Johannes and Zhou,Tao and Titze,Michael and Kehayias,Pauli and Saleh Ziabari,Maziar and Delegan,Nazar and Rajendran,Surjeet and Sushkov,Alexander O. and Heremans,F. Joseph and Bielejec,Edward S. and Holt,Martin V. and Walsworth,Ronald L. }, title = {Directional detection of dark matter using solid-state quantum sensing}, journal = {AVS Quantum Science}, volume = {4}, number = {4}, pages = {044701}, year = {2022}, month = {Nov}, comment = {11}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, fundamental-phys}, doi = {10.1116/5.0117301}, url_link = {https://avs.scitation.org/doi/10.1116/5.0117301}, url_pdf = {/files/2022/11/2022_Ebadi_AVS-Quantum.pdf}, eprint = {2203.06037}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv
Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier Dark Matter Direct Detection to the Neutrino Fog. D. S. Akerib, P. B. Cushman, C. E. Dahl, R. Ebadi, A. Fan, R. J. Gaitskell, C. Galbiati, G. K. Giovanetti, Graciela B. Gelmini, L. Grandi, S. J. Haselschwardt, C. M. Jackson, R. F. Lang, B. Loer, D. Loomba, M. C. Marshall, A. F. Mills, C. A. J. OHare, C. Savarese, J. Schueler, M. Szydagis, Volodymyr Takhistov, Tim M. P. Tait, Y. D. Tsai, S. E. Vahsen, R. L. Walsworth, and S. Westerdale. arXiv:2203.08084 (2022). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{Akerib2022, sort_date = {2022-03-15}, sort_date_type = {arxiv-submitted}, doi = {10.48550/ARXIV.2203.08084}, author = {Akerib, D. S. and Cushman, P. B. and Dahl, C. E. and Ebadi, R. and Fan, A. and Gaitskell, R. J. and Galbiati, C. and Giovanetti, G. K. and Gelmini, Graciela B. and Grandi, L. and Haselschwardt, S. J. and Jackson, C. M. and Lang, R. F. and Loer, B. and Loomba, D. and Marshall, M. C. and Mills, A. F. and OHare, C. A. J. and Savarese, C. and Schueler, J. and Szydagis, M. and Takhistov, Volodymyr and Tait, Tim M. P. and Tsai, Y. D. and Vahsen, S. E. and Walsworth, R. L. and Westerdale, S.}, keywords = {high energy physics - experiment (hep-ex), fos: physical sciences, quantum-sensing, fundamental-phys}, title = {Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier Dark Matter Direct Detection to the Neutrino Fog}, comment = {03}, year = {2022}, month = {Mar}, url_link = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.08084}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2022_Akerib_arXiv.pdf}, journal = {arXiv:2203.08084}, eprint = {2203.08084}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv
High-Precision Mapping of Diamond Crystal Strain Using Quantum Interferometry. Mason C. Marshall, Reza Ebadi, Connor Hart, Matthew J. Turner, Mark J.H. Ku, David F. Phillips, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Applied 17, 024041 (2022). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{Marshall2022, sort_date = {2022-02-15}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {High-Precision Mapping of Diamond Crystal Strain Using Quantum Interferometry}, author = {Marshall, Mason C. and Ebadi, Reza and Hart, Connor and Turner, Matthew J. and Ku, Mark J.H. and Phillips, David F. and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Applied}, volume = {17}, issue = {2}, pages = {024041}, numpages = {15}, year = {2022}, month = {Feb}, comment = {02}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevApplied.17.024041}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.17.024041}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2022_Marshall_PRApp.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, fundamental-phys}, eprint = {2108.00304}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv

Ultraheavy dark matter search with electron microscopy of geological quartz. Reza Ebadi, Anubhav Mathur, Erwin H. Tanin, Nicholas D. Tailby, Mason C. Marshall, Aakash Ravi, Raisa Trubko, Roger R. Fu, David F. Phillips, Surjeet Rajendran, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. D 104, 015041 (2021). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{Ebadi2021, eprint = {2105.03998}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, sort_date = {2021-07-30}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Ultraheavy dark matter search with electron microscopy of geological quartz}, author = {Ebadi, Reza and Mathur, Anubhav and Tanin, Erwin H. and Tailby, Nicholas D. and Marshall, Mason C. and Ravi, Aakash and Trubko, Raisa and Fu, Roger R. and Phillips, David F. and Rajendran, Surjeet and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. D}, volume = {104}, issue = {1}, pages = {015041}, numpages = {10}, year = {2021}, month = {Jul}, comment = {07}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.104.015041}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.015041}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2021_Ebadi_PRD.pdf}, keywords = {fundamental-phys} }

arXiv
Milky Way Accelerometry via Millisecond Pulsar Timing. David F. Phillips, Aakash Ravi, Reza Ebadi, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141103 (2021). link PDF supplement
BibTeX
@article{Phillips2021, eprint = {2008.13052}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, sort_date = {2021-04-07}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Milky Way Accelerometry via Millisecond Pulsar Timing}, author = {Phillips, David F. and Ravi, Aakash and Ebadi, Reza and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, volume = {126}, issue = {14}, pages = {141103}, numpages = {7}, year = {2021}, month = {Apr}, comment = {04}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.141103}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.141103}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2021_Phillips_PRL.pdf}, url_supplement = {/files/2020/08/2021_Phillips_PRL_SM.pdf}, keywords = {astro, fundamental-phys} }

arXiv

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