Matter wave explorer of gravity (MWXG)
W. Ertmer
(1)
,
C. Schubert
(1)
,
T. Wendrich
(1)
,
M. Gilowski
(1)
,
M. Zaiser
(1)
,
T. V. Zoest
(1)
,
E. Rasel
(1)
,
Ch. J. Bordé
(2)
,
André Clairon
,
A. Landragin
(2)
,
Philippe Laurent
(2)
,
P. Lemonde
(2)
,
G. Santarelli
(2)
,
W. Schleich
(3)
,
F. S. Cataliotti
(4)
,
M. Inguscio
(4)
,
N. Poli
(4)
,
F. Sorrentino
(4)
,
C. Modugno
(4)
,
G. M. Tino
(4)
,
P. Gill
(5)
,
H. Klein
(5)
,
H. Margolis
(5)
,
S. Reynaud
(6)
,
C. Salomon
(6)
,
A. Lambrecht
(6)
,
E. Peik
(7)
,
C. Jentsch
(8)
,
U. Johann
(8)
,
A. Rathke
(8)
,
Philippe Bouyer
(9)
,
L. Cacciapuoti
(10)
,
P. de Natale
(11)
,
Bruno Christophe
(12)
,
Bernard Foulon
(12)
,
Pierre Touboul
(13)
,
L. Maleki
(14)
,
N. Yu
(14)
,
S. G. Turyshev
(14)
,
J. D. Anderson
(15)
,
F. Schmidt-Kaler
(16)
,
W. Walser
(3)
,
Jacques Vigué
(17)
,
Matthias Büchner
(17)
,
Marie-Christine Angonin
(18)
,
P. Delva
(18)
,
P. Tourrenc
(18)
,
R. Bingham
(19)
,
B. Kent
(19)
,
A. Wicht
(20)
,
L. J. Wang
(21)
,
K. Bongs
(21)
,
Hj. Dittus
(22)
,
C. Lämmerzahl
(22)
,
S. Theil
(22)
,
K. Sengstock
(23)
,
A. Peters
(24)
,
T. Müller
(25)
,
M. Arndt
(26)
,
L. Iess
(27)
,
François Bondu
(28, 29)
,
A. Brillet
(28, 29)
,
E. Samain
(29)
,
M. L. Chiofalo
(30, 31)
,
F. Levi
(32)
,
D. Calonico
(32)
1
Leibniz Universität Hannover=Leibniz University Hannover
2 SYRTE - Systèmes de Référence Temps Espace
3 Universität Ulm - Ulm University [Ulm, Allemagne]
4 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia [Firenze]
5 NPL - National Physical Laboratory [Teddington]
6 LKB (Jussieu) - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
7 PTB - Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt [Berlin]
8 EADS Astrium GmbH
9 laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Optique atomique
10 ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
11 INOA-CNR
12 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon]
13 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Palaiseau]
14 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
15 Global Aerospace Corporation
16 Institut für Quanteninformationsverarbeitung
17 Interférométrie (LCAR)
18 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique
19 RAL - STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
20 Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf = Heinrich Heine University [Düsseldorf]
21 University of Birmingham [Birmingham]
22 ZARM - Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity
23 UHH - Universität Hamburg
24 HU Berlin - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin = Humboldt University of Berlin = Université Humboldt de Berlin
25 NUS - National University of Singapore
26 Universität Wien = University of Vienna
27 UNIROMA - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University [Rome]
28 ARTEMIS - Astrophysique Relativiste Théories Expériences Métrologie Instrumentation Signaux
29 OCA - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
30 CNISM - Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze FIsiche della Materia
31 INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare [Pisa]
32 Nazionale Galileo Ferraris
2 SYRTE - Systèmes de Référence Temps Espace
3 Universität Ulm - Ulm University [Ulm, Allemagne]
4 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia [Firenze]
5 NPL - National Physical Laboratory [Teddington]
6 LKB (Jussieu) - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
7 PTB - Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt [Berlin]
8 EADS Astrium GmbH
9 laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Optique atomique
10 ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
11 INOA-CNR
12 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon]
13 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Palaiseau]
14 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
15 Global Aerospace Corporation
16 Institut für Quanteninformationsverarbeitung
17 Interférométrie (LCAR)
18 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique
19 RAL - STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
20 Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf = Heinrich Heine University [Düsseldorf]
21 University of Birmingham [Birmingham]
22 ZARM - Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity
23 UHH - Universität Hamburg
24 HU Berlin - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin = Humboldt University of Berlin = Université Humboldt de Berlin
25 NUS - National University of Singapore
26 Universität Wien = University of Vienna
27 UNIROMA - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University [Rome]
28 ARTEMIS - Astrophysique Relativiste Théories Expériences Métrologie Instrumentation Signaux
29 OCA - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
30 CNISM - Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze FIsiche della Materia
31 INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare [Pisa]
32 Nazionale Galileo Ferraris
André Clairon
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A. Landragin
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S. Reynaud
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Philippe Bouyer
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Matthias Büchner
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A. Peters
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François Bondu
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Résumé
In response to ESA's Call for proposals of 5 March 2007 of the COSMIC VISION 2015-2025 plan of the ESA science programme, we propose a M-class satellite mission to test of the Equivalence Principle in the quantum domain by investigating the extended free fall of matter waves instead of macroscopic bodies as in the case of GAUGE, MICROSCOPE or STEP. The satellite, called Matter Wave Explorer of Gravity, will carry an experiment to test gravity, namely the measurement of the equal rate of free fall with various isotopes of distinct atomic species with precision cold atom interferometry in the vicinity of the earth. This will allow for a first quantum test the Equivalence Principle with spin polarised particles and with pure fermionic and bosonic atomic ensembles. Due to the space conditions, the free fall of Rubidium and Potassium isotopes will be compared with a maximum accelerational sensitivity of 5*10 − 16 m/s2 corresponding to an accuracy of the test of the Equivalence Principle of 1 part in 1016. Besides the primary scientific goal, the quantum test of the Equivalence Principle, the mission can be extended to provide additional information about the gravitational field of the earth or for testing theories of fundamental processes of decoherence which are investigated by various theory groups in the context of quantum gravity phenomenology. In this proposal we present in detail the mission objectives and the technical aspects of the proposed mission.