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Cold atoms in space: community workshop summary and proposed road-map

Conference · · EPJ Quant.Technol.
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  2. Washington U., Seattle
  3. South Carolina U.
  4. Imperial Coll., London
  5. CERN
  6. Aarhus U.
  7. King's Coll. London
  8. Belgrade, Inst. Phys.
  9. Florence U.; INFN, Florence
  10. LIGO Lab., Caltech
  11. Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.
  12. INFN, Pisa
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  14. SISSA, Trieste; INFN, Trieste
  15. LP2N, Bordeaux
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  20. Barcelona, Autonoma U.; Barcelona, IFAE
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  29. ESTEC, Noordwijk
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  78. Natl. Tech. U., Athens
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  84. IISER, Bhopal
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  86. NIST, Boulder
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  135. Munster U.
  136. Malta U.
  137. Sarajevo U.
  138. Taiwan, Natl. Taiwan U.
  139. Ctr. Cold Atom Phys., Wuhan
  140. Cincinnati U.
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We summarise the discussions at a virtual Community Workshop on Cold Atoms in Space concerning the status of cold atom technologies, the prospective scientific and societal opportunities offered by their deployment in space, and the developments needed before cold atoms could be operated in space. The cold atom technologies discussed include atomic clocks, quantum gravimeters and accelerometers, and atom interferometers. Prospective applications include metrology, geodesy and measurement of terrestrial mass change due to, e.g., climate change, and fundamental science experiments such as tests of the equivalence principle, searches for dark matter, measurements of gravitational waves and tests of quantum mechanics. We review the current status of cold atom technologies and outline the requirements for their space qualification, including the development paths and the corresponding technical milestones, and identifying possible pathfinder missions to pave the way for missions to exploit the full potential of cold atoms in space. Finally, we present a first draft of a possible road-map for achieving these goals, that we propose for discussion by the interested cold atom, Earth Observation, fundamental physics and other prospective scientific user communities, together with the European Space Agency (ESA) and national space and research funding agencies.
Research Organization:
UC, Riverside; Stefan Inst., Ljubljana; LIGO Lab., Caltech; ICE, Bellaterra; Potsdam, Climate Impact Inst.; Aarhus U.; SISSA, Trieste; Glasgow U.; INFN, Florence; ESTEC, Noordwijk; Athens U.; Nevada U., Reno; Munster U.; Washington U., Seattle; University Coll. London; Unlisted, UK; Arizona U.; Salerno U.; Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.; LUTH, Meudon; Barcelona, IFAE; Zurich, ETH; Cincinnati U.; Strathclyde U.; NIST, Boulder; UC, Berkeley; Ctr. Cold Atom Phys., Wuhan; Wayne State U.; Antwerp U.; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Ulm U.; Teddington, Natl. Phys. Lab; Balearic Islands U.; Sussex U.; Sinaloa U.; Bates Coll.; ETH, Zurich (main); Brown U.; Barcelona, IEEC; Malta U.; Nis U.; Johns Hopkins U.; Florida State U.; Zurich U.; CSIC, Catalunya; Manchester U.; Ljubljana U.; Sydney U.; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); LP2N, Bordeaux; Rabat U.; Koc U.; INOA, Florence; Prague, Inst. Phys.; INRIM, Turin; INFN, Pisa; Caltech, JPL; DLR, Berlin; South Carolina U.; IFW, Dresden; IISER, Bhopal; Natl. Tech. U., Athens; Denmark, Tech. U.; University Coll., Cork; INFN, Genoa; Rome Observ.; U. Tokyo (main); Liverpool U.; Bucharest, Inst. Space Science; Cambridge U.; Darmstadt, Tech. Hochsch.; Imperial Coll., London; Stevens Tech.; SRCQS, Shanghai; IESL, Heraklion; Tokyo U., IPMU; Oxford U.; Humboldt U., Berlin, Inst. Math.; Warsaw U.; UC, Irvine; Bergen U.; Valencia U., IFIC; Queen's U., Belfast; CNES, Toulouse; INFN, CNAF; King's Coll. London; Sarajevo U.; Mainz U.; Unlisted, NL; Paris, Lab. Kastler Brossel; Bremen U., ZARM; St. Andrews U.; Barcelona, Autonoma U.; Florence U.; Humboldt U., Berlin; Darmstadt, GSI; CERN; Purdue U., Chem. Dept.; Warsaw U. of Tech.; Stockholm U., OKC; Indian Inst. Tech., New Delhi; Fayoum U.; Hannover U.; Crete U.; Vilnius, Inst. Theor. Phys. Astron.; New South Wales U.; Birmingham U.; INFN, Trieste; Amsterdam U., Zeeman Lab.; Nottingham U.; Warwick U.; Wisconsin U., Madison; Warsaw, CFT; Belgrade, Inst. Phys.; Milan Polytechnic; Cracow, INP; Unlisted, At; SYRTE, Paris; Northwestern U.; Basel U.; Rutherford; Chatillon, ONERA; Penn State U.; Witwatersrand U.; ASI, Rome; Colorado U.; Vienna U.; Valencia U.; U. Urbino (main); Taiwan, Natl. Taiwan U.; SUPA, UK; Delaware U.; Heinrich Heine U., Dusseldorf; Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); USTC, Hefei; Taguspark, IST; INFN, Turin; Latvia U., ISSP; CAS-AlibabaLab, Shanghai; Braunschweig, Phys. Tech. Bund.; Peking U.
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1887839
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-22-694-V; CERN-TH-2022-004; oai:inspirehep.net:2012876; arXiv:2201.07789
Resource Type:
Conference paper
Conference Information:
Journal Name: EPJ Quant.Technol.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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