Test of the universality of free fall with atoms in different spin orientations

Abstract

We report a test of the universality of free fall (UFF) by comparing the gravity acceleration of the ${}^{87}$Rb atoms in $m_F=+1$ versus that in $m_F=-1$, where the corresponding spin orientations are opposite. A Mach-Zehnder-type atom interferometer is exploited to sequentially measure the free fall acceleration of the atoms in these two magnetic sublevels, and the resultant E$\ddot{\mathrm{o}}$tv$\ddot{\mathrm{o}}$s ratio is ${\eta }_S=(0.2\pm 1.2)\times 10^{-7}$. This also gives an upper limit of $1.1\times 10^{-21}$ GeV/m for possible gradient field of the spacetime torsion. The interferometer using atoms in $m_F=\pm 1$ is highly sensitive to the magnetic field inhomogeneity, and a double differential measurement method is developed to alleviate the inhomogeneity influence. Moreover, a proof experiment by modulating the magnetic field is performed, which validates the alleviation of the inhomogeneity influence in our test.

arXiv comment12 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1503.00433

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