Kavli Affiliate: Yevgeny V. Stadnik
| First 5 Authors: Ivan Alonso, Cristiano Alpigiani, Brett Altschul, Henrique Araujo, Gianluigi Arduini
| Summary:
We summarize the discussions at a virtual Community Workshop on Cold Atoms in
Space concerning the status of cold atom technologies, the prospective
scientific and societal opportunities offered by their deployment in space, and
the developments needed before cold atoms could be operated in space. The cold
atom technologies discussed include atomic clocks, quantum gravimeters and
accelerometers, and atom interferometers. Prospective applications include
metrology, geodesy and measurement of terrestrial mass change due to, e.g.,
climate change, and fundamental science experiments such as tests of the
equivalence principle, searches for dark matter, measurements of gravitational
waves and tests of quantum mechanics. We review the current status of cold atom
technologies and outline the requirements for their space qualification,
including the development paths and the corresponding technical milestones, and
identifying possible pathfinder missions to pave the way for missions to
exploit the full potential of cold atoms in space. Finally, we present a first
draft of a possible road-map for achieving these goals, that we propose for
discussion by the interested cold atom, Earth Observation, fundamental physics
and other prospective scientific user communities, together with ESA and
national space and research funding agencies.
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