[HTML][HTML] AEDGE: atomic experiment for dark matter and gravity exploration in space

YA El-Neaj, C Alpigiani, S Amairi-Pyka, H Araújo… - EPJ Quantum …, 2020 - Springer
We propose in this White Paper a concept for a space experiment using cold atoms to
search for ultra-light dark matter, and to detect gravitational waves in the frequency range …

Precision gravity tests and the Einstein equivalence principle

GM Tino, L Cacciapuoti, S Capozziello… - Progress in Particle and …, 2020 - Elsevier
General Relativity is today the best theory of gravity addressing a wide range of phenomena.
Our understanding of physical laws, from cosmology to local scales, cannot be properly …

Testing gravity with cold atom interferometry: results and prospects

GM Tino - Quantum Science and Technology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Atom interferometers have been developed in the last three decades as new powerful tools
to investigate gravity. They were used for measuring the gravity acceleration, the gravity …

Optical clocks and relativity

CW Chou, DB Hume, T Rosenband, DJ Wineland - Science, 2010 - science.org
Observers in relative motion or at different gravitational potentials measure disparate clock
rates. These predictions of relativity have previously been observed with atomic clocks at …

In-orbit operation of an atomic clock based on laser-cooled 87Rb atoms

L Liu, DS Lü, WB Chen, T Li, QZ Qu, B Wang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Atomic clocks based on laser-cooled atoms are widely used as primary frequency
standards. Deploying such cold atom clocks (CACs) in space is foreseen to have many …

Asteroids for gravitational-wave detection

MA Fedderke, PW Graham, S Rajendran - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
A major challenge for gravitational-wave (GW) detection in the μ Hz band is engineering a
test mass (TM) with sufficiently low acceleration noise. We propose a GW detection concept …

Optical atomic clocks

N Poli, CW Oates, P Gill, GM Tino - La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 2013 - Springer
In the last ten years extraordinary results in time and frequency metrology have been
demonstrated. Frequency-stabilization techniques for continuous-wave lasers and …

Sensitivity limits of a Raman atom interferometer as a gravity gradiometer

F Sorrentino, Q Bodart, L Cacciapuoti, YH Lien… - Physical review A, 2014 - APS
We evaluate the sensitivity of a dual cloud atom interferometer to the measurement of
vertical gravity gradient. We study the influence of most relevant experimental parameters on …

Determination of the Newtonian gravitational constant using atom interferometry

G Lamporesi, A Bertoldi, L Cacciapuoti, M Prevedelli… - Physical Review Letters, 2008 - APS
We present a new measurement of the Newtonian gravitational constant G based on cold-
atom interferometry. Freely falling samples of laser-cooled rubidium atoms are used in a …

Precision Measurement of Gravity with Cold Atoms in an Optical Lattice<? format?> and Comparison with a Classical Gravimeter

N Poli, FY Wang, MG Tarallo, A Alberti, M Prevedelli… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
We report on a precision measurement of gravitational acceleration using ultracold strontium
atoms confined in an amplitude-modulated vertical optical lattice. An uncertainty Δ g/g≈ 10 …