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Technical Proposal for the Atom Interferometer CERN Experiment (AICE) Facility
Gianluigi Arduini, Nadja Augst, Mark G. Bason +79
We present the technical proposal for the Atom Interferometer CERN Experiment (AICE), a m vertical atom interferometer to be installed against the wall of the PX…
Characterisation of a strontium cold atom source using fluorescence spectroscopy and time-of-flight
Kamran Hussain, Hamza Labiad, Anna L. Marchant +5
We demonstrate a characterisation methodology for a strontium atomic beam, produced by a two-dimensional magneto-optical trap and delivered via a resonant push beam, using fluoresc…
Design and development of optical modules for the BUTTON-30 detector
D. S. Bhattacharya, J. Bae, M. Bergevin +63
BUTTON-30 is a neutrino detector demonstrator located in the STFC Boulby underground facility in the north-east of England. The main goal of the project is to deploy and test the p…
The BUTTON-30 detector at Boulby
J. Bae, M. Bergevin, E. P. Bernard +62
The BUTTON-30 detector is a 30-tonne technology demonstrator designed to evaluate the potential of hybrid event detection, simultaneously exploiting both Cherenkov and scintillatio…
Letter of Intent: AICE -- 100m Atom Interferometer Experiment at CERN
Charles Baynham, Andrea Bertoldi, Diego Blas +31
We propose an O(100)m Atom Interferometer (AI) experiment -- AICE -- to be installed against a wall of the PX46 access shaft to the LHC. This experiment would probe unexplored rang…
AION-10: Technical Design Report for a 10m Atom Interferometer in Oxford
K. Bongs, A. Brzakalik, U. Chauhan +89
This Technical Design Report presents AION-10, a 10-meter atom interferometer to be located at Oxford University using ultracold strontium atoms to make precision measurements of f…
Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry
Antun Balaz, Diego Blas, Oliver Buchmueller +50
Long-baseline atom interferometry is a promising technique for probing various aspects of fundamental physics, astrophysics and cosmology, including searches for ultralight dark ma…
A prototype differential atom interferometer for fundamental physics
C. F. A. Baynham, R. Hobson, O. Buchmueller +89
Gravitational waves and ultralight dark matter are among the most compelling frontiers in fundamental physics, motivating proposals for Very Long-Baseline Atom Interferometers (VLB…
Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry: Summary of the Second Workshop
Adam Abdalla, Mahiro Abe, Sven Abend +307
This summary of the second Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry (TVLBAI) Workshop provides a comprehensive overview of our meeting held in London in April 2024, build…
Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry: Workshop Summary
Sven Abend, Baptiste Allard, Iván Alonso +250
This document presents a summary of the 2023 Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry Workshop hosted by CERN. The workshop brought together experts from around the world…
Design and simulation of a source of cold cadmium for atom interferometry
Satvika Bandarupally, Jonathan N. Tinsley, Mauro Chiarotti +1
We present a novel optimised design for a source of cold atomic cadmium, compatible with continuous operation and potentially quantum degenerate gas production. The design is based…
Practical limits for large-momentum-transfer clock atom interferometers
Mauro Chiarotti, Jonathan N. Tinsley, Satvika Bandarupally +4
Atom interferometry on optical clock transitions is being pursued for numerous long-baseline experiments both terrestrially and for future space missions. Crucial to meeting these…
High-power, frequency-quadrupled UV laser source resonant with the S-P narrow intercombination transition of cadmium at 326.2 nm
S. Manzoor, J. N. Tinsley, S. Bandarupally +2
We present a novel high-power, frequency-stabilized UV laser source at 326.2~nm, resonant with the Cd S - P narrow intercombination transition. We have achi…
Cold Atoms in Space: Community Workshop Summary and Proposed Road-Map
Ivan Alonso, Cristiano Alpigiani, Brett Altschul +246
We summarize the discussions at a virtual Community Workshop on Cold Atoms in Space concerning the status of cold atom technologies, the prospective scientific and societal opportu…
Watt-level blue light for precision spectroscopy, laser cooling and trapping of strontium and cadmium atoms
Jonathan N. Tinsley, Satvika Bandarupally, Jussi-Pekka Penttinen +5
High-power and narrow-linewidth laser light is a vital tool for atomic physics, being used for example in laser cooling and trapping and precision spectroscopy. Here we produce Wat…
Canceling the cavity length induced phase noise in an optical ring cavity for phase shift measurement and spin squeezing
Enlong Wang, Gunjan Verma, Jonathan N. Tinsley +2
We demonstrate a new method of light phase shift measurement using a high-finesse optical ring cavity which exhibits reduced phase noise due to cavity length fluctuations. Two lase…
AEDGE: Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space
Yousef Abou El-Neaj, Cristiano Alpigiani, Sana Amairi-Pyka +129
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 bet…
Sr atom interferometry with the optical clock transition as a gravimeter and a gravity gradiometer
Liang Hu, Enlong Wang, Leonardo Salvi +3
We characterize the performance of a gravimeter and a gravity gradiometer based on the S-P clock transition of strontium atoms. We use this new quantum sensor t…
Atom Interferometry for Dark Contents of the Vacuum Searches
O. Burrow, A. Carroll, S. Chattopadhyay +9
A cold atom interferometer is being developed using 85Rb atoms towards a search for the dark contents of the vacuum, and as a test stand for inertial sensing applications. Here we…