Ohkyung Kwon
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Publications

 All publications are in alphabetical authorship, with the exception of [3], [4], [5], and [13].
 Corresponding authors are denoted with [*].
  1. O. Kwon.  Phenomenology of Holography via Quantum Coherence on Causal Horizons.
    Foundations of Physics 55 19 (2025)

  2. C. J. Hogan, O. Kwon*, and N. Selub.  ​Angular Spectrum of Quantum Fluctuations in Causal Structure.
    Physical Review D 109 123505 (2024)

  3. H. Yu*, O. Kwon, D. K. Namburi, R. H. Hadfield, H. Grote, and D. Martynov.  Photon Counting for Axion Interferometry.
    Physical Review D 109 095042 (2024)

  4. L. Aiello*, J. W. Richardson, S. M. Vermeulen, H. Grote, C. J. Hogan, O. Kwon, and C. Stoughton.  Constraints on Scalar Field Dark Matter from Colocated Michelson Interferometers.
    Physical Review Letters 128 121101 (2022)
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  5. J. W. Richardson, O. Kwon*, H. R. Gustafson, C. J. Hogan, B. L. Kamai, L. McCuller, S. S. Meyer, C. Stoughton, R. Tomlin, and
    R. Weiss.  Interferometric Constraints on Spacelike Coherent Rotational Fluctuations.
    Physical Review Letters 126 241301 (2021)

  6. C. J. Hogan and O. Kwon*.  Models of Exotic Interferometer Cross-Correlations in Emergent Space-Time.
    Classical and Quantum Gravity 35 204001 (2018) — Focus Issue on Gravity in the Lab

  7. C. J. Hogan, O. Kwon*, and J. W. Richardson.  Statistical Model of Exotic Rotational Correlations in Emergent Space-Time.
    Classical and Quantum Gravity 34 135006 (2017)

  8. A. S. Chou, H. Glass, H. R. Gustafson, C. J. Hogan, B. L. Kamai, O. Kwon, R. Lanza, L. McCuller, S. S. Meyer*, J. W. Richardson,
    ​C. Stoughton, R. Tomlin, and R. Weiss.  Interferometric Constraints on Quantum Geometrical Shear Noise Correlations.
    Classical and Quantum Gravity 34 165005 (2017)

  9. C. J. Hogan and O. Kwon*.  Statistical Measures of Planck Scale Signal Correlations in Interferometers.
    Classical and Quantum Gravity 34 075006 (2017)

  10. A. S. Chou, H. Glass, H. R. Gustafson, C. J. Hogan, B. L. Kamai, O. Kwon, R. Lanza, L. McCuller, S. S. Meyer, J. W. Richardson*,
    C. Stoughton, R. Tomlin, and R. Weiss.  The Holometer: An Instrument to Probe Planckian Quantum Geometry.
    Classical and Quantum Gravity 34 065005 (2017) — CQG Highlights of 2017​
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  11. A. S. Chou, H. R. Gustafson, C. J. Hogan, B. L. Kamai*, O. Kwon, R. Lanza, S. L. Larson, L. McCuller, S. S. Meyer,
    ​J. W. Richardson, C. Stoughton, R. Tomlin, and R. Weiss.  MHz Gravitational Wave Constraints with Decameter Michelson Interferometers.
    Physical Review D 95 063002 (2017)

  12. A. S. Chou*, H. R. Gustafson, C. J. Hogan, B. L. Kamai, O. Kwon, R. Lanza, L. McCuller, S. S. Meyer, J. W. Richardson,
    C. Stoughton, R. Tomlin, S. Waldman, and R. Weiss.  First Measurements of High Frequency Cross-Spectra from a Pair of Large Michelson Interferometers.
    Physical Review Letters 117 111102 (2016)

  13. O. Kwon* and C. J. Hogan.  Interferometric Tests of Planckian Quantum Geometry Models.
    Classical and Quantum Gravity 33 105004 (2016)

Manuscripts in Preparation

  • C. J. Hogan*, O. Kwon, S. S. Meyer, N. Selub, and F. Wehlen.  ​Dipole-Independent Measurements of Nearly-Zero CMB Correlation: A Possible Symmetry of Primordial Causal Quantum Coherence.
    To appear in  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society  :  doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf1434
  • A. Patra*, L. Aiello, A. Ejlli, W. L. Griffiths, A. L. James, N. Kuntimaddi, O. Kwon, E. Schwartz, H. Vahlbruch, S. M. Vermeulen,
    K. Kokeyama, K. L. Dooley, and H. Grote.  ​Broadband Limits on Stochastic Length Fluctuations from a Pair of Table-Top Interferometers.
    To appear in Physical Review Letters :  doi.org/10.1103/61j9-cjkk
  • ​O. Kwon.  ​Quantum Foundations Are Incomplete without Holography in the Background Space-Time: Probing the Ground State of Gravitational Entanglement.
    To appear in 2025 at :  arxiv.org/a/kwon_o_1

Select Recent Presentations

 An overview of our current research program, along with design concepts for the next-gen experiment.
  • ​​Northwestern Center for Fundamental Physics  (Oct 24, 2023)   [Slides]
  • Also presented at Quantum 2023 (Torino, Italy) and Relativistic Quantum Information North-13 (Chania, Greece)
A talk about the implications of our research program on the foundations of quantum mechanics.
  • APS March Meeting 2023 (Las Vegas, Mar 7, 2023)   [Abstract]
Upcoming presentations — 
  • 2024: RQI-N (Prague, Czechia), DICE (Castiglioncello, Italy)  |  2025: RQI-N (Napoli, Italy), Foundations (Gdansk, Poland)
​More to come — Commissioning is well underway for the next-generation experiment!

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