Quantum Interference to Measure Spacetime Curvature: A Proposed Experiment at the Intersection of Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity TeX Export

@article{citeulike:4987851, abstract = {An experiment in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is proposed to measure components of the Riemann curvature tensor using atom interferometry. We show that the difference in the quantum phase \$\Delta\phi\$ of an atom that can travel along two intersecting geodesics is given by \$mR\_{0i0j}/\hbar\$ times the spacetime volume contained within the geodesics. Our expression for \$\Delta\phi\$ also holds for gravitational waves in the long wavelength limit.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Chiao, Raymond Y. and Speliotopoulos, Achilles D.}, citeulike-article-id = {4987851}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0304027}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/gr-qc/0304027}, day = {7}, eprint = {gr-qc/0304027}, keywords = {curvatures, free-space, gr, qm, quantum-coherence, quantum-vacuum, space-times}, month = {Apr}, posted-at = {2009-06-27 11:59:24}, priority = {2}, title = {Quantum Interference to Measure Spacetime Curvature: A Proposed Experiment at the Intersection of Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0304027}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4987851 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4987851 N2 - An experiment in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is proposed to measure components of the Riemann curvature tensor using atom interferometry. We show that the difference in the quantum phase $\Delta\phi$ of an atom that can travel along two intersecting geodesics is given by $mR_{0i0j}/\hbar$ times the spacetime volume contained within the geodesics. Our expression for $\Delta\phi$ also holds for gravitational waves in the long wavelength limit. TI - Quantum Interference to Measure Spacetime Curvature: A Proposed Experiment at the Intersection of Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity KW - curvatures KW - free-space KW - gr KW - qm KW - quantum-coherence KW - quantum-vacuum KW - space-times AU - Chiao, Raymond AU - Speliotopoulos, Achilles PY - 2003/Apr/07/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0304027 ER -