How do de Broglie waves propagate in gravitational fields?\u00a0 We will present experiments which show that <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1) they obey the weak Equivalence Principle to 12 digits in uniform gravitational fields and <\/p>\n\n\n\n
2) they exhibit Aharonov-Bohm type phase shifts in suitably non-uniform gravitational fields.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the later experiments, observed phase shifts are independent from the gravitational forces acting on the waves.
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How do de Broglie waves propagate in gravitational fields?\u00a0 We will present experiments which show that 1) they obey the weak Equivalence Principle to 12 digits in uniform gravitational fields and 2) they exhibit Aharonov-Bohm type phase shifts in suitably non-uniform gravitational fields.\u00a0 In the later experiments, observed phase shifts are independent from the gravitational […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[54],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-keynote-talk","tag-mark-kasevich"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mark-Kasevich.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1263,"url":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/schelfhout-jesse-a-large-momentum-transfer-atomic-mass-measurement-scheme-in-intermediate-scale-atom-interferometers-for-determining-the-fine-structure-constant\/","url_meta":{"origin":945,"position":0},"title":"SCHELFHOUT JESSE: A large-momentum-transfer atomic mass measurement scheme in intermediate-scale atom interferometers for determining the fine-structure constant","author":"wvk_3vn943","date":"August 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Abstract Interferometry of atomic de Broglie waves is a powerful technique for precision measurement. With the 2019 redefinition of the Sl base units, atom interferometry experiments can measure the mass of an atom in kilograms to parts in 1010 [1]. Such a measurement is used to calculate the fine-structure constant\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Contributed Talks"","block_context":{"text":"Contributed Talks","link":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/category\/conference\/talks\/contributed-talk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Schelfhout-An-LMT-atomic-mass-measurement-scheme-in-intermediate-scale-atom-interferometers-for-determining-the-fine-structure-constant.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Schelfhout-An-LMT-atomic-mass-measurement-scheme-in-intermediate-scale-atom-interferometers-for-determining-the-fine-structure-constant.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Schelfhout-An-LMT-atomic-mass-measurement-scheme-in-intermediate-scale-atom-interferometers-for-determining-the-fine-structure-constant.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Schelfhout-An-LMT-atomic-mass-measurement-scheme-in-intermediate-scale-atom-interferometers-for-determining-the-fine-structure-constant.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1100,"url":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/the-past-present-and-future-of-ground-based-laser-interferometric-gravitational-wave-detection\/","url_meta":{"origin":945,"position":1},"title":"The past, present, and future of ground-based laser-interferometric gravitational wave detection","author":"wvk_3vn943","date":"July 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Mich\u00e8le Heurs Abstract Since the first direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015, we have gained an entirely new observation window to the universe \u2013 now, we not only have electromagnetic telescopes and neutrino detectors to view astrophysical events, but we can also\u00a0listen\u00a0to the cosmos using interferometric gravitational wave detectors\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Conference Videos"","block_context":{"text":"Conference Videos","link":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/category\/conference\/presentation-videos\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Michele-Heurs-.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Michele-Heurs-.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Michele-Heurs-.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Michele-Heurs-.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1687,"url":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/atom-interferometry-in-space\/","url_meta":{"origin":945,"position":2},"title":"Atom Interferometry in Space","author":"wvk_3vn943","date":"September 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Mingsheng Zhan Abstract Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China It has long been expected to seek environments outside of the Earth for precision measurements with atom interferometry. The advantages include that to decouple the gravitational field for non-gravitational or variable gravitational\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Invited Talk"","block_context":{"text":"Invited Talk","link":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/category\/conference\/talks\/invited-talk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZHAN-Atom-Interferometry-in-Space.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZHAN-Atom-Interferometry-in-Space.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZHAN-Atom-Interferometry-in-Space.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZHAN-Atom-Interferometry-in-Space.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":866,"url":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/maxwell-matter-waves-coherence-properties-generation-and-applications\/","url_meta":{"origin":945,"position":3},"title":"Maxwell Matter Waves: Coherence Properties, Generation, and Applications","author":"wvk_3vn943","date":"June 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Infleqtion and the JILA Institute at the University of Colorado, Boulder This talk introduces a class of matter waves that are temporally coherent, and that are particularly useful for applications such as inertial and other kinds of sensing.\u00a0\u00a0The coherence of these waves is of the same type that characterizes electromagnetic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Conference Videos"","block_context":{"text":"Conference Videos","link":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/category\/conference\/presentation-videos\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dana-Anderson-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":676,"url":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/new-avenues-for-universal-matter-wave-interferometry\/","url_meta":{"origin":945,"position":4},"title":"Universal matter-wave interferometry across the mass & complexity scales","author":"wvk_3vn943","date":"June 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Markus Arndt & the QNP team @ UNIVIE University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria Presentation Arndt -- Universal matter-wave interferometry across the mass & complexity scalesDownload Abstract In 2023\/2024 we celebrate the centenary of Louis de Broglie concept of matter waves. It inspired Erwin Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Keynote Talk"","block_context":{"text":"Keynote Talk","link":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/category\/conference\/talks\/keynote-talk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Arndt-Universal-matter-wave-interferometry-across-the-mass-complexity-scales.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Arndt-Universal-matter-wave-interferometry-across-the-mass-complexity-scales.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Arndt-Universal-matter-wave-interferometry-across-the-mass-complexity-scales.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Arndt-Universal-matter-wave-interferometry-across-the-mass-complexity-scales.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Arndt-Universal-matter-wave-interferometry-across-the-mass-complexity-scales.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":658,"url":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/research-assistant-associate-fellow-in-the-lisa-optical-bench-team-at-the-university-of-glasgow\/","url_meta":{"origin":945,"position":5},"title":"Research Assistant\/ Associate\/ Fellow in the LISA Optical Bench Team at the University of Glasgow","author":"wvk_3vn943","date":"May 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"(Link to Job-Ad) Research Assistant\/ Associate\/ FellowJob PurposeThe post holder will join the LISA Optical Bench Team at the University of Glasgow.LISA is a European Space Agency (ESA) led mission to launch a gravitational detector in the mid 2030s. The mission has just been adopted by ESA as a flagship\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Employment Opportunities"","block_context":{"text":"Employment Opportunities","link":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/category\/job-opportunities\/employment-opportunities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions\/1554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterwaveoptics.eu\/FOMO2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}