AEDGE: Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space

Yousef Abou El-Neaj; Cristiano Alpigiani; Sana Amairi-Pyka; Henrique Araújo; Antun Balaž; Angelo Bassi; Lars Bathe-Peters; Baptiste Battelier; Aleksandar Belić; Elliot Bentine; José Bernabeu; Andrea Bertoldi; Robert Bingham; Diego Blas; Vasiliki Bolpasi; Kai Bongs; Sougato Bose; Philippe Bouyer; Themis Bowcock; William Bowden; Oliver Buchmueller; Clare Burrage; Xavier Calmet; Benjamin Canuel; Laurentiu Ioan Caramete; Andrew Carroll; Giancarlo Cella; Vassilis Charmandaris; Swapan Chattopadhyay; Xuzong Chen; Maria Luisa Chiofalo; Jonathon Coleman; Joseph Cotter; Yanou Cui; Andrei Derevianko; Albert De Roeck; Goran S. Djordjevic; Peter Dornan; Michael Doser; Ioannis Drougkakis; Jacob Dunningham; Ioana Dutan; Sajan Easo; Gedminas Elertas; John Ellis; Mai El Sawy; Farida Fassi; Daniel Felea; Chen Hao Feng; Robert Flack; Chris Foot; Ivette Fuentes; Naceur Gaaloul; Alexandre Gauguet; Remi Geiger; Valerie Gibson; Gian Giudice; Jon Goldwin; Oleg Grachov; Peter W. Graham; Dario Grasso; Maurits van der Grinten; Mustafa Gündogan; Martin G. Haehnelt; Tiffany Harte; Aurélien Hees; Richard Hobson; Jason Hogan; Bodil Holst; Michael Holynski; Mark Kasevich; Bradley J. Kavanagh; Wolf von Klitzing; Tim Kovachy; Benjamin Krikler; Markus Krutzik; Marek Lewicki; Yu Hung Lien; Miaoyuan Liu; Giuseppe Gaetano Luciano; Alain Magnon; Mohammed Attia Mahmoud; Sarah Malik; Christopher McCabe; Jeremiah Mitchell; Julia Pahl; Debapriya Pal; Saurabh Pandey; Dimitris Papazoglou; Mauro Paternostro; Bjoern Penning; Achim Peters; Marco Prevedelli; Vishnupriya Puthiya-Veettil; John Quenby; Ernst Rasel; Sean Ravenhall; Jack Ringwood; Albert Roura; Dylan Sabulsky; Muhammed Sameed; Ben Sauer; Stefan Alaric Schäffer; Stephan Schiller; Vladimir Schkolnik; Dennis Schlippert; Christian Schubert; Haifa Rejeb Sfar; Armin Shayeghi; Ian Shipsey; Carla Signorini; Yeshpal Singh; Marcelle Soares-Santos; Fiodor Sorrentino; Timothy Sumner; Konstantinos Tassis; Silvia Tentindo; Guglielmo Maria Tino; Jonathan N. Tinsley; James Unwin; Tristan Valenzuela; Georgios Vasilakis; Ville Vaskonen; Christian Vogt; Alex Webber-Date; André Wenzlawski; Patrick Windpassinger; Marian Woltmann; Efe Yazgan; Ming Sheng Zhan; Xinhao Zou; Jure Zupan

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AEDGE: Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space

Yousef Abou El-Neaj, Cristiano Alpigiani, Sana Amairi-Pyka, Henrique Araújo, Antun Balaž, Angelo Bassi, Lars Bathe-Peters, Baptiste Battelier, Aleksandar Belić, Elliot Bentine, José Bernabeu, Andrea Bertoldi, Robert Bingham, Diego Blas, Vasiliki Bolpasi, Kai Bongs, Sougato Bose, Philippe Bouyer, Themis Bowcock, William BowdenOliver Buchmueller^*, Clare Burrage, Xavier Calmet, Benjamin Canuel, Laurentiu Ioan Caramete, Andrew Carroll, Giancarlo Cella, Vassilis Charmandaris, Swapan Chattopadhyay, Xuzong Chen, Maria Luisa Chiofalo, Jonathon Coleman, Joseph Cotter, Yanou Cui, Andrei Derevianko, Albert De Roeck, Goran S. Djordjevic, Peter Dornan, Michael Doser, Ioannis Drougkakis, Jacob Dunningham, Ioana Dutan, Sajan Easo, Gedminas Elertas, John Ellis, Mai El Sawy, Farida Fassi, Daniel Felea, Chen Hao Feng, Robert Flack, Chris Foot, Ivette Fuentes, Naceur Gaaloul, Alexandre Gauguet, Remi Geiger, Valerie Gibson, Gian Giudice, Jon Goldwin, Oleg Grachov, Peter W. Graham, Dario Grasso, Maurits van der Grinten, Mustafa Gündogan, Martin G. Haehnelt, Tiffany Harte, Aurélien Hees, Richard Hobson, Jason Hogan, Bodil Holst, Michael Holynski, Mark Kasevich, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Wolf von Klitzing, Tim Kovachy, Benjamin Krikler, Markus Krutzik, Marek Lewicki, Yu Hung Lien, Miaoyuan Liu, Giuseppe Gaetano Luciano, Alain Magnon, Mohammed Attia Mahmoud, Sarah Malik, Christopher McCabe, Jeremiah Mitchell, Julia Pahl, Debapriya Pal, Saurabh Pandey, Dimitris Papazoglou, Mauro Paternostro, Bjoern Penning, Achim Peters, Marco Prevedelli, Vishnupriya Puthiya-Veettil, John Quenby, Ernst Rasel, Sean Ravenhall, Jack Ringwood, Albert Roura, Dylan Sabulsky, Muhammed Sameed, Ben Sauer, Stefan Alaric Schäffer, Stephan Schiller, Vladimir Schkolnik, Dennis Schlippert, Christian Schubert, Haifa Rejeb Sfar, Armin Shayeghi, Ian Shipsey, Carla Signorini, Yeshpal Singh, Marcelle Soares-Santos, Fiodor Sorrentino, Timothy Sumner, Konstantinos Tassis, Silvia Tentindo, Guglielmo Maria Tino, Jonathan N. Tinsley, James Unwin, Tristan Valenzuela, Georgios Vasilakis, Ville Vaskonen, Christian Vogt, Alex Webber-Date, André Wenzlawski, Patrick Windpassinger, Marian Woltmann, Efe Yazgan, Ming Sheng Zhan, Xinhao Zou, Jure Zupan

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Abstract

We propose in this White Paper a concept for a space experiment using cold atoms to search for ultra-light dark matter, and to detect gravitational waves in the frequency range between the most sensitive ranges of LISA and the terrestrial LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA/INDIGO experiments. This interdisciplinary experiment, called Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration (AEDGE), will also complement other planned searches for dark matter, and exploit synergies with other gravitational wave detectors. We give examples of the extended range of sensitivity to ultra-light dark matter offered by AEDGE, and how its gravitational-wave measurements could explore the assembly of super-massive black holes, first-order phase transitions in the early universe and cosmic strings. AEDGE will be based upon technologies now being developed for terrestrial experiments using cold atoms, and will benefit from the space experience obtained with, e.g., LISA and cold atom experiments in microgravity. KCL-PH-TH/2019-65, CERN-TH-2019-126.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6
Journal	EPJ Quantum Technology
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-020-0080-0
State	Published - Dec 1 2020

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Building upon the MAGIA experiment [ 94 , 95 ], MAGIA-Advanced is an R&D project funded by the Italian Ministry for Research and the INFN for a large-scale atom interferometer based on ultracold rubidium and strontium atoms. In addition to laboratory activity, the team is investigating the possibility of a 100–300 m atom interferometer to be installed in a vertical shaft in Sardinia. Its main goals are GW observation and the search for DM. We thank CERN for kindly hosting the workshop where the concept for this proposed experiment was developed.

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Control and Systems Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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El-Neaj, Y. A., Alpigiani, C., Amairi-Pyka, S., Araújo, H., Balaž, A., Bassi, A., Bathe-Peters, L., Battelier, B., Belić, A., Bentine, E., Bernabeu, J., Bertoldi, A., Bingham, R., Blas, D., Bolpasi, V., Bongs, K., Bose, S., Bouyer, P., Bowcock, T., ... Zupan, J. (2020). AEDGE: Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space. EPJ Quantum Technology, 7(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-020-0080-0

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AU - Amairi-Pyka, Sana

AU - Araújo, Henrique

AU - Balaž, Antun

AU - Bassi, Angelo

AU - Bathe-Peters, Lars

AU - Battelier, Baptiste

AU - Belić, Aleksandar

AU - Bentine, Elliot

AU - Bernabeu, José

AU - Bertoldi, Andrea

AU - Bingham, Robert

AU - Blas, Diego

AU - Bolpasi, Vasiliki

AU - Bongs, Kai

AU - Bose, Sougato

AU - Bouyer, Philippe

AU - Bowcock, Themis

AU - Bowden, William

AU - Buchmueller, Oliver

AU - Burrage, Clare

AU - Calmet, Xavier

AU - Canuel, Benjamin

AU - Caramete, Laurentiu Ioan

AU - Carroll, Andrew

AU - Cella, Giancarlo

AU - Charmandaris, Vassilis

AU - Chattopadhyay, Swapan

AU - Chen, Xuzong

AU - Chiofalo, Maria Luisa

AU - Coleman, Jonathon

AU - Cotter, Joseph

AU - Cui, Yanou

AU - Derevianko, Andrei

AU - De Roeck, Albert

AU - Djordjevic, Goran S.

AU - Dornan, Peter

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AU - Drougkakis, Ioannis

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AU - Feng, Chen Hao

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AU - Foot, Chris

AU - Fuentes, Ivette

AU - Gaaloul, Naceur

AU - Gauguet, Alexandre

AU - Geiger, Remi

AU - Gibson, Valerie

AU - Giudice, Gian

AU - Goldwin, Jon

AU - Grachov, Oleg

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AU - Kovachy, Tim

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AU - Krutzik, Markus

AU - Lewicki, Marek

AU - Lien, Yu Hung

AU - Liu, Miaoyuan

AU - Luciano, Giuseppe Gaetano

AU - Magnon, Alain

AU - Mahmoud, Mohammed Attia

AU - Malik, Sarah

AU - McCabe, Christopher

AU - Mitchell, Jeremiah

AU - Pahl, Julia

AU - Pal, Debapriya

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AU - Sabulsky, Dylan

AU - Sameed, Muhammed

AU - Sauer, Ben

AU - Schäffer, Stefan Alaric

AU - Schiller, Stephan

AU - Schkolnik, Vladimir

AU - Schlippert, Dennis

AU - Schubert, Christian

AU - Sfar, Haifa Rejeb

AU - Shayeghi, Armin

AU - Shipsey, Ian

AU - Signorini, Carla

AU - Singh, Yeshpal

AU - Soares-Santos, Marcelle

AU - Sorrentino, Fiodor

AU - Sumner, Timothy

AU - Tassis, Konstantinos

AU - Tentindo, Silvia

AU - Tino, Guglielmo Maria

AU - Tinsley, Jonathan N.

AU - Unwin, James

AU - Valenzuela, Tristan

AU - Vasilakis, Georgios

AU - Vaskonen, Ville

AU - Vogt, Christian

AU - Webber-Date, Alex

AU - Wenzlawski, André

AU - Windpassinger, Patrick

AU - Woltmann, Marian

AU - Yazgan, Efe

AU - Zhan, Ming Sheng

AU - Zou, Xinhao

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