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A simple superconductor quantum interference device for testing gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-07-02 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

A simple tabletop setup based on a superconducting quantum interference device is proposed for testing the gravitational interaction. A D-shaped superconducting loop has the straight segment immersed inside a massive sphere while the half-circle segment is wrapped around the sphere. The superconducting condensate within the straight arm of the loop thus bathes inside a gravitational simple harmonic oscillator potential while the condensate in the half-circle arm bathes in the constant gravitational potential around the sphere. The resulting phase difference at the Josephson junctions on both sides of the straight arm induces a sinusoidal electric current that has a frequency determined by the precise gravitational potential due to the massive sphere.

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@article{arxiv.2005.05798,
  title  = {A simple superconductor quantum interference device for testing gravity},
  author = {Fayçal Hammad and Alexandre Landry},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.05798},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

20 pages, 1 figure, references updated, title slightly improved

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