Testing Fundamental Properties of Space with the Fermilab Holometer

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Physics. Conference Series

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/840/1/012055· OSTI ID:1367898

Kamai, Brittany ^[1]

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1. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Precision length measurements provide valuable insights about the fundamental properties of space-time. The Holometer is a research program to both experimentally probe signatures of the Planck scale and to extend the accessible frequency range from kHz up to MHz for gravitational wave searches. The instrument consists of separate yet identical 39-meter Michelson interferometers operated at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, which can reach length sensitivities better than $${10}^{-20}\mathrm{m/}\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$$ within the 1-10 MHz frequency range. Lastly, the Holometer is fully operational with 130 of hours of science quality data obtained during the first observational campaign.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Ford Foundation; John Templeton Foundation
• Contributing Organization: Holometer collaboration
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359; DGE-0909667
• OSTI ID: 1367898
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-16-702-AE; 1602837
• Journal Information: Journal of Physics. Conference Series, Vol. 840, Issue 1; ISSN 1742-6588
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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