Testing General Relativity with Atom Interferometry

Simple item page
dc.creatorDimopoulos, Savas
dc.creatorGraham, Peter W.
dc.creatorHogan, Jason M.
dc.creatorKasevich, Mark A.
dc.date2006-10-10
dc.date2007-03-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:04:32Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:04:32Z
dc.descriptionThe unprecedented precision of atom interferometry will soon lead to laboratory tests of general relativity to levels that will rival or exceed those reached by astrophysical observations. We propose such an experiment that will initially test the equivalence principle to 1 part in 10^15 (300 times better than the current limit), and 1 part in 10^17 in the future. It will also probe general relativistic effects--such as the non-linear three-graviton coupling, the gravity of an atom's kinetic energy, and the falling of light--to several decimals. Further, in contrast to astrophysical observations, laboratory tests can isolate these effects via their different functional dependence on experimental variables.
dc.description4 pages, 1 figure; v2: Minor changes made for publication
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0610047
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0610047
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.98:111102,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.111102
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/188922
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectAtomic Physics
dc.titleTesting General Relativity with Atom Interferometry
dc.typetext

Files

Collections

arXiv