This paper presents the current status and future prospects of the Space Atom Interferometer project (SAI), funded by the European Space Agency. Atom interferometry provides extremely sensitive and accurate tools for the measurement of inertial forces. Operation of atom interferometers in microgravity is expected to enhance the performance of such sensors. Main goal of SAI is to demonstrate the possibility of placing atom interferometers in space. The resulting drop-tower compatible atom interferometry acceleration sensor prototype is described. Expected performance limits and potential scientic applications in a micro-gravity environment are also discussed.
The Space Atom Interferometer project: status and prospects / F. Sorrentino; K. Bongs; P. Bouyer; L. Cacciapuoti; M. de Angelis; H. Dittus; W. Ertmer; J. Hartwig; M. Hauth; S. Herrmann; K. Huang;M. Inguscio; E. Kajari11; T. Koenemann; C. Laemmerzahl; A. Landragin; G. Modugno; F. Pereira dos Santos; A. Peters; M. Prevedelli; E. M. Rasel; W. P. Schleich; M. Schmidt; A Senger; K. Sengstock; G. Stern; G. M. Tino; T. Valenzuela; R. Walser; P. Windpassinger. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES. - ISSN 1742-6588. - STAMPA. - 327:(2011), pp. 012050.1-012050.13. (Intervento presentato al convegno International Symposium on Physical Sciences in Space tenutosi a Bonn (Germany) nel 11–15 July 2011) [10.1088/1742-6596/327/1/012050].
The Space Atom Interferometer project: status and prospects
PREVEDELLI, MARCO;
2011
Abstract
This paper presents the current status and future prospects of the Space Atom Interferometer project (SAI), funded by the European Space Agency. Atom interferometry provides extremely sensitive and accurate tools for the measurement of inertial forces. Operation of atom interferometers in microgravity is expected to enhance the performance of such sensors. Main goal of SAI is to demonstrate the possibility of placing atom interferometers in space. The resulting drop-tower compatible atom interferometry acceleration sensor prototype is described. Expected performance limits and potential scientic applications in a micro-gravity environment are also discussed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
