Measurement of Short Range Forces Using Cold Atoms
Franck Pereira dos Santos
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
,
Peter Wolf
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
,
Arnaud Landragin
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
,
Marie-Christine Angonin
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
,
Pierre Lemonde
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
,
Sébastien Bize
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
,
André Clairon
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
,
Astrid Lambrecht
(6)
,
Brahim Lamine
(6)
,
Serge Reynaud
(6)
Franck Pereira dos Santos
- Fonction : Auteur
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Arnaud Landragin
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : arnaud-landragin
- ORCID : 0000-0002-2941-4982
- IdRef : 157011194
Sébastien Bize
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : sebastien-bize
- ORCID : 0000-0003-2483-5152
- IdRef : 060323655
Brahim Lamine
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : brahim-lamine
- ORCID : 0000-0002-9416-2320
- IdRef : 089027051
Serge Reynaud
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 445
- IdHAL : serge-reynaud
- ORCID : 0000-0002-1494-696X
- IdRef : 075088924
Résumé
We describe the new project FORCA-G, which aims at studying the short range interactions between a surface and atoms trapped in its vicinity. Using cold atoms confined in the wells of an optical standing wave, the atom-surface potential will be measured with high sensitivity using atom interferometry techniques. The experiment will allow a test of gravity at short distances, which will put stringent bounds on a possible deviation from the known laws of physics. FORCA-G will also allow a measurement of the Casimir Polder interaction (QED vacuum fluctuations) with unprecedented accuracy.