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Quantum test of the Universality of Free Fall using rubidium and potassium
H. Albers, A. Herbst, L. L. Richardson +11
We report on an improved test of the Universality of Free Fall using a rubidium-potassium dual-species matter wave interferometer. We describe our apparatus and detail challenges a…
Miniaturized lab system for future cold atom experiments in microgravity
Sascha Kulas, Christian Vogt, Andreas Resch +18
We present the technical realization of a compact system for performing experiments with cold and atoms in microgravity in the future. The whol…
Ground Tests of Einstein's Equivalence Principle: From Lab-based to 10-m Atomic Fountains
D. Schlippert, H. Albers, L. L. Richardson +10
To date, no framework combining quantum field theory and general relativity and hence unifying all four fundamental interactions, exists. Violations of the Einstein's equivalence p…
Testing the universality of free fall with rubidium and ytterbium in a very large baseline atom interferometer
Jonas Hartwig, Sven Abend, Christian Schubert +6
We propose a very long baseline atom interferometer test of Einstein's equivalence principle (EEP) with ytterbium and rubidium extending over 10m of free fall. In view of existing…
Design of a dual species atom interferometer for space
Thilo Schuldt, Christian Schubert, Markus Krutzik +54
Atom interferometers have a multitude of proposed applications in space including precise measurements of the Earth's gravitational field, in navigation & ranging, and in fundament…
Quantum Test of the Universality of Free Fall
Dennis Schlippert, Jonas Hartwig, Henning Albers +6
We simultaneously measure the gravitationally-induced phase shift in two Raman-type matter-wave interferometers operated with laser-cooled ensembles of Rb and K atoms…
Differential atom interferometry with Rb and Rb for testing the UFF in STE-QUEST
C Schubert, J Hartwig, H Ahlers +18
In this paper we discuss in detail an experimental scheme to test the universality of free fall (UFF) with a differential Rb / Rb atom interferometer applicable for e…
STE-QUEST - Test of the Universality of Free Fall Using Cold Atom Interferometry
D. Aguilera, H. Ahlers, B. Battelier +63
The theory of general relativity describes macroscopic phenomena driven by the influence of gravity while quantum mechanics brilliantly accounts for microscopic effects. Despite th…
A simple method for generating Bose-Einstein condensates in a weak hybrid trap
M. Zaiser, J. Hartwig, D. Schlippert +5
We report on a simple novel trapping scheme for the generation of Bose-Einstein condensates of Rb atoms. This scheme employs a near-infrared single beam optical dipole trap…
SAI: a compact atom interferometer for future space missions
Fiodor Sorrentino, Kai Bongs, Philippe Bouyer +25
Atom interferometry represents a quantum leap in the technology for the ultra-precise monitoring of accelerations and rotations and, therefore, for all the science that relies on t…