Contrast Loss from Astrophysical Backgrounds in Space-Based Matter-Wave Interferometers
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.02634v2
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 02:30:38 GMT
- Title: Contrast Loss from Astrophysical Backgrounds in Space-Based Matter-Wave Interferometers
- Authors: Yufeng Du, Clara Murgui, Kris Pardo, Yikun Wang, Kathryn M. Zurek,
- Abstract summary: We calculate the decoherence effects induced by solar photons, the solar wind, cosmic rays, solar neutrinos and zodiacal dust on space-based atom and matter interferometers.
We find that, in future space-based atom and matter interferometers, the solar wind generically produces decoherence beyond the quantum noise limit.
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- Abstract: Atom and matter interferometers are precise quantum sensing experiments that can probe differential forces along separated spacetime paths. Various atom and matter interferometer experiments have been proposed to study dark matter, gravitational waves, and exotic new physics. Increasingly, these experimental concepts have proposed space-based designs to maximize interrogation times and baselines. However, decoherence and phase shifts caused by astrophysical backgrounds could largely undermine or destroy the target sensitivity of the experiments. We calculate the decoherence effects induced by solar photons, the solar wind, cosmic rays, solar neutrinos and zodiacal dust on space-based atom and matter interferometers. We find that, in future space-based atom and matter interferometers, the solar wind generically produces decoherence beyond the quantum noise limit, without proper shielding. In addition, solar photons are also an important background for matter interferometers.
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