Gravity Probe Spin: Prospects for measuring general-relativistic precession of intrinsic spin using a ferromagnetic gyroscope

Fadeev, Pavel; Wang, Tao; Band, Y.  B.; Budker, Dmitry; Graham, Peter W.; Sushkov, Alexander O.; Kimball, Derek F. Jackson

doi:10.1103/physrevd.103.044056

Gravity Probe Spin: Prospects for measuring general-relativistic precession of intrinsic spin using a ferromagnetic gyroscope

Journal Article · Wed Feb 24 23:00:00 EST 2021 · Physical Review. D.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.103.044056· OSTI ID:1853296

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Johannes Gutenberg Univ., Mainz (Germany); OSTI
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Ben-Gurion Univ., Beer-Sheva (Israel)
Johannes Gutenberg Univ., Mainz (Germany); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Boston Univ., MA (United States)
California State Univ. - East Bay, Hayward, CA (United States)

An experimental test at the intersection of quantum physics and general relativity is proposed: measurement of relativistic frame dragging and geodetic precession using intrinsic spin of electrons. Furthermore, the behavior of intrinsic spin in spacetime dragged and warped by a massive rotating body is an experimentally open question, hence the results of such a measurement could have important theoretical consequences. Such a measurement is possible by using mm-scale ferromagnetic gyroscopes in orbit around the Earth. Under conditions where the rotational angular momentum of a ferromagnet is sufficiently small, a ferromagnet’s angular momentum is dominated by atomic electron spins and is predicted to exhibit macroscopic gyroscopic behavior. If such a ferromagnetic gyroscope is sufficiently isolated from the environment, rapid averaging of quantum uncertainty via the spin-lattice interaction enables readout of the ferromagnetic gyroscope dynamics with sufficient sensitivity to measure both the Lense-Thirring (frame dragging) and de Sitter (geodetic precession) effects due to the Earth.

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Research Organization:: Boston Univ., MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); U.S. National Science Foundation; Heising-Simons Foundation; Simons Foundation; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019450

OSTI ID:: 1853296

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 103; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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