Search for new physics with atoms and molecules

MS Safronova, D Budker, D DeMille, DFJ Kimball… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
This article reviews recent developments in tests of fundamental physics using atoms and
molecules, including the subjects of parity violation, searches for permanent electric dipole …

Present status and future challenges of non-interferometric tests of collapse models

M Carlesso, S Donadi, L Ferialdi, M Paternostro… - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
The superposition principle is the cornerstone of quantum mechanics, leading to a variety of
genuinely quantum effects. Whether the principle applies also to macroscopic systems or …

Matter-wave atomic gradiometer interferometric sensor (MAGIS-100)

M Abe, P Adamson, M Borcean… - Quantum Science …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
MAGIS-100 is a next-generation quantum sensor under construction at Fermilab that aims to
explore fundamental physics with atom interferometry over a 100 m baseline. This novel …

Observation of Bose–Einstein condensates in an Earth-orbiting research lab

DC Aveline, JR Williams, ER Elliott, C Dutenhoffer… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Quantum mechanics governs the microscopic world, where low mass and momentum reveal
a natural wave–particle duality. Magnifying quantum behaviour to macroscopic scales is a …

Space-borne Bose–Einstein condensation for precision interferometry

D Becker, MD Lachmann, ST Seidel, H Ahlers… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Owing to the low-gravity conditions in space, space-borne laboratories enable experiments
with extended free-fall times. Because Bose–Einstein condensates have an extremely low …

Quantum superposition at the half-metre scale

T Kovachy, P Asenbaum, C Overstreet, CA Donnelly… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The quantum superposition principle allows massive particles to be delocalized over distant
positions. Though quantum mechanics has proved adept at describing the microscopic …

Collective-mode enhanced matter-wave optics

C Deppner, W Herr, M Cornelius, P Stromberger… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
In contrast to light, matter-wave optics of quantum gases deals with interactions even in free
space and for ensembles comprising millions of atoms. We exploit these interactions in a …

Colloquium: Atomtronic circuits: From many-body physics to quantum technologies

L Amico, D Anderson, M Boshier, JP Brantut… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - APS
Atomtronics is an emerging field that aims to manipulate ultracold atom moving in matter-
wave circuits for fundamental studies in both quantum science and technological …

Gravitational wave detection with optical lattice atomic clocks

S Kolkowitz, I Pikovski, N Langellier, MD Lukin… - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
We propose a space-based gravitational wave (GW) detector consisting of two spatially
separated, drag-free satellites sharing ultrastable optical laser light over a single baseline …

Testing gravity with cold atom interferometry: results and prospects

GM Tino - Quantum Science and Technology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Atom interferometers have been developed in the last three decades as new powerful tools
to investigate gravity. They were used for measuring the gravity acceleration, the gravity …