Matter wave explorer of gravity (MWXG)

Wolfgang Ertmer; Christian Schubert; Thijs Wendrich; Michael Gilowski; Maic Zaiser; Tim van Zoest; Ernst M. Rasel; Christian Borde; Andre Clairon; Arnaud Landragin; Jean-Luc Laurent; Pierre Lemonde; Giorgio Santarelli; Wolfgang P. Schleich; Francesco S Cataliotti; Massimo Inguscio; Nicola Poli; Fiodor Sorrentino; C Mondugno; Guglielmo M Tino; Patrick Gill; Hugh Klein; Helen Margolis; Serge Reynaud; Christophe Salomon; Astrid Lambrecht; Ekkehard Peik; Christian Jentsch; Ulrich Johann; Andreas Rathke; Philippe Bouyer; Luigi Cacciapuoti; Paolo De Natale; Bruno Christophe; Bernard Foulon; Pierre Touboul; Lute Maleki; Nan Yu; Slava G. Turyshev; John D Anderson; Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler; Reinhold Walser; Jacques Vigué; Matthias Büchner; M.-C Angonin; Pacome Delva; P Tourrenc; Robert J. Bingham; Barry Kent; Andreas Wicht; L.J.v Wang; Kai Bongs; Hansjörg J. Dittus; Claus Lämmerzahl; Stephan Theil; Klaus Sengstock; Achim Peters; Thomas Müller; Markus Arndt; Luciano Iess; François Bondu; A Brillet; Etienne Samain; M.L Chiofalo; Filippo Levi; Davide Calonico

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Matter wave explorer of gravity (MWXG)

Wolfgang Ertmer, Christian Schubert, Thijs Wendrich, Michael Gilowski, Maic Zaiser, Tim van Zoest, Ernst M. Rasel (Corresponding author), Christian Borde, Andre Clairon, Arnaud Landragin, Jean-Luc Laurent, Pierre Lemonde, Giorgio Santarelli, Wolfgang P. Schleich, Francesco S Cataliotti, Massimo Inguscio, Nicola Poli, Fiodor Sorrentino, C Mondugno, Guglielmo M TinoPatrick Gill, Hugh Klein, Helen Margolis, Serge Reynaud, Christophe Salomon, Astrid Lambrecht, Ekkehard Peik, Christian Jentsch, Ulrich Johann, Andreas Rathke, Philippe Bouyer, Luigi Cacciapuoti, Paolo De Natale, Bruno Christophe, Bernard Foulon, Pierre Touboul, Lute Maleki, Nan Yu, Slava G. Turyshev, John D Anderson, Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler, Reinhold Walser, Jacques Vigué, Matthias Büchner, M.-C Angonin, Pacome Delva, P Tourrenc, Robert J. Bingham, Barry Kent, Andreas Wicht, L.J.v Wang, Kai Bongs, Hansjörg J. Dittus, Claus Lämmerzahl, Stephan Theil, Klaus Sengstock, Achim Peters, Thomas Müller, Markus Arndt, Luciano Iess, François Bondu, A Brillet, Etienne Samain, M.L Chiofalo, Filippo Levi, Davide Calonico

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	611-649
Number of pages	39
Journal	Experimental Astronomy
Volume	23
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-008-9125-6
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Ertmer, W., Schubert, C., Wendrich, T., Gilowski, M., Zaiser, M., Zoest, T. V., Rasel, E. M., Borde, C., Clairon, A., Landragin, A., Laurent, J.-L., Lemonde, P., Santarelli, G., Schleich, W. P., Cataliotti, F. S., Inguscio, M., Poli, N., Sorrentino, F., Mondugno, C., ... Calonico, D. (2009). Matter wave explorer of gravity (MWXG). Experimental Astronomy, 23(2), 611-649. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-008-9125-6

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