Light propagation and atom interferometry in gravity and dilaton fields

authored by: Fabio Di Pumpo, Alexander Friedrich, Andreas Geyer, Christian Ufrecht, Enno Giese
Abstract: Dark matter or violations of the Einstein equivalence principle influence the motion of atoms, their internal states as well as electromagnetic fields, thus causing a signature in the signal of atomic detectors. To model such new physics, we introduce dilaton fields and study the modified propagation of light used to manipulate atoms in light-pulse atom interferometers. Their interference signal is dominated by the matter's coupling to gravity and the dilaton. Even though the electromagnetic field contributes to the phase, no additional dilaton-dependent effect can be observed. However, the light's propagation in gravity enters via a modified momentum transfer and its finite speed. For illustration, we discuss effects from light propagation and the dilaton on different atom-interferometric setups, including gradiometers, equivalence principle tests, and dark matter detection.
Organisation(s): Institute of Quantum Optics
External Organisation(s): Ulm University
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Type: Article
Journal: Physical Review D
Volume: 105
No. of pages: 11
ISSN: 2470-0010
Publication date: 15.04.2022
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2201.07053 (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.084065 (Access: Closed)

BibTeX

@article{7c638a9876c7486f8f972a1ac64fa414,
title = "Light propagation and atom interferometry in gravity and dilaton fields",
abstract = "Dark matter or violations of the Einstein equivalence principle influence the motion of atoms, their internal states as well as electromagnetic fields, thus causing a signature in the signal of atomic detectors. To model such new physics, we introduce dilaton fields and study the modified propagation of light used to manipulate atoms in light-pulse atom interferometers. Their interference signal is dominated by the matter's coupling to gravity and the dilaton. Even though the electromagnetic field contributes to the phase, no additional dilaton-dependent effect can be observed. However, the light's propagation in gravity enters via a modified momentum transfer and its finite speed. For illustration, we discuss effects from light propagation and the dilaton on different atom-interferometric setups, including gradiometers, equivalence principle tests, and dark matter detection.",
author = "{Di Pumpo}, Fabio and Alexander Friedrich and Andreas Geyer and Christian Ufrecht and Enno Giese",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to W. P. Schleich for his stimulating input and continuing support. We also thank W. G. Unruh, as well as the QUANTUS and INTENTAS teams for fruitful and interesting discussions. The projects “Metrology with interfering Unruh-DeWitt detectors” (MIUnD) and “Building composite particles from quantum field theory on dilaton gravity” (BOnD) are funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung). The work of IQ is financially supported by the Ministry of Science, Research and Art Baden-W{\"u}rttemberg (Ministerium f{\"u}r Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-W{\"u}rttemberg). The QUANTUS and INTENTAS projects are supported by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum f{\"u}r Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR) with funds provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (Bundesministerium f{\"u}r Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz, BMWK) due to an enactment of the German Bundestag under Grants No. 50WM1956 (QUANTUS V), No. 50WM2250D-2250E (QUANTUS+), as well as No. 50WM2177-2178 (INTENTAS). E. G. thanks the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) for a Mercator Fellowship within CRC 1227 (DQ-mat). ",
year = "2022",
month = apr,
day = "15",
doi = "10.48550/arXiv.2201.07053",
language = "English",
volume = "105",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
number = "8",
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