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We propose a novel laboratory test of gravity combining seismic-wave measurements with cosmic-ray muon detections. Quantum-gravity corrections to the anharmonic Debye model are derived, yielding a modified bulk modulus that encodes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-09 Aneta Wojnar

We present an underground long baseline atom interferometer to study gravity at large scale. The hybrid atom-laser antenna will use several atom interferometers simultaneously interrogated by the resonant mode of an optical cavity. The…

We present a method for the accurate measurements of both the gravity acceleration and its vertical gradient using a dual atom interferometer, in principle free from any uncertainty related to the absolute or relative positions of the two…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-03-06 R. Caldani , K Weng , S. Merlet , Franck Pereira dos Santos

In the presence of Earth gravity and gravity-gradient forces, centrifugal and Coriolis forces caused by the Earth rotation, the phase of the time-domain atom interferometers is calculated with accuracy up to the terms proportional to the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Dubetsky , M. A. Kasevich

The absolute accuracy of the estimated parameters of gravitational wave sources will be fundamentally limited by the calibration uncertainties of the detectors in upcoming observation runs with the increased number of source statistics.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Yuki Inoue , Sadakazu Haino , Nobuyuki Kanda , Yujiro Ogawa , Toshikazu Suzuki , Takayuki Tomaru , Takahiro Yamamoto , Takaaki Yokozawa

In this paper, we show that an atom interferometer inertial sensor, when associated to the auxiliary measurement of external vibrations, can be operated beyond its linear range and still keep a high acceleration sensitivity. We propose and…

Accurate calibration of gravity adaptation zones is of great significance in fields such as underwater navigation, geophysical exploration, and marine engineering. With the increasing application of gravity field data in these areas,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Chen Yu

Atomic clock technology is advancing rapidly, now reaching stabilities of $\Delta f/f \sim 10^{-18}$, which corresponds to resolving $1$ cm in equivalent geoid height over an integration timescale of about 7 hours. At this level of…

The precise measurement of the gravity of the earth plays a pivotal role in various fundamental research and application fields. Although a few gravimeters have been reported to achieve this goal, miniaturization of high-precision…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Yingchun Leng , Yiming Chen , Rui Li , Lihua Wang , Hao Wang , Lei Wang , Han Xie , Chang-Kui Duan , Pu Huang , Jiangfeng Du

Borehole gravity sensing can be used in a number of applications to measure features around a well including rock-type change mapping and determination of reservoir porosity. Quantum technology gravity sensors based on atom interferometry…

Gravimeters are devices which measure changes in the value of the gravitational acceleration, \textit{g}. This information is used to infer changes in density under the ground allowing the detection of subsurface voids; mineral, oil and gas…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-30 Steven G Bramsiepe , David Loomes , Richard P Middlemiss , Douglas J Paul , Giles D Hammond

Terrestrial long-baseline atom interferometer experiments are emerging as powerful tools for probing new fundamental physics, including searches for dark matter and gravitational waves. In the frequency range relevant to these signals,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-25 John Carlton , Valerie Gibson , Tim Kovachy , Christopher McCabe , Jeremiah Mitchell

Measuring the effect of gravity on antimatter is a longstanding problem in physics that has significant implications for our understanding of the fundamental nature of the universe. Here, we present a technique to measure the gravitational…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-07-02 Boaz Raz , Gavriel Fleurov , Roi Holtzman , Nir Davidson , Eli Sarid

Mapping the Earth's gravity field from space offers valuable insights into climate change, hydro- and biosphere evolution, and seismic activity. Current satellite gravimetry missions have demonstrated the utility of gravity data in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-08-06 Joao Encarnacao , Christian Siemes , Ilias Daras , Olivier Carraz , Aaron Strangfeld , Philipp Zingerle , Roland Pail

Atom interferometers (AIs) on earth and in space offer good capabilities for measuring gravitational waves (GWs) in the mid-frequency deciHz band, complementing the sensitivities of the LIGO/Virgo and LISA experiments and enabling probes of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-01 John Ellis , Ville Vaskonen

We propose two distinct atom interferometer gravitational wave detectors, one terrestrial and another satellite-based, utilizing the core technology of the Stanford 10 m atom interferometer presently under construction. Each configuration…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-01-07 Savas Dimopoulos , Peter W. Graham , Jason M. Hogan , Mark A. Kasevich , Surjeet Rajendran

This study aims to test the validity of general relativity (GR) on kiloparsec scales by employing a newly compiled galaxy-scale strong gravitational lensing (SGL) sample. We utilize the distance sum rule within the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-10 Jing-Yu Ran , Jun-Jie Wei

High-sensitivity accelerometers and gravimeters, achieving the ultimate limits of measurement sensitivity are key tools for advancing both fundamental and applied physics. While numerous platforms have been proposed to achieve this goal,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Salman Sajad Wani , Saif Al-Kuwari , Arshid Shabir , Paolo Vezio , Francesco Marino , Mir Faizal

We here present a high sensitivity gravity-gradiometer based on atom interferometry. In our apparatus, two clouds of laser-cooled rubidium atoms are launched in fountain configuration and interrogated by a Raman interferometry sequence to…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 F. Sorrentino , L. Cacciapuoti , Y. -H. Lien , M. Prevedelli , G. Rosi , G. M. Tino

The article (Niebauer et al. 2011 Metrologia 48 154-163) reports on the important innovations enhancing the ability of absolute gravimeter to measure vertical gravity gradient along with the gravity acceleration. This comment suggests…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-05-24 V D Nagornyi