• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: A Dual-Species Atom Interferometer Payload for Operation on Sounding Rockets
  • Beteiligte: Elsen, Michael; Piest, Baptist; Adam, Fabian; Anton, Oliver; Arciszewski, Paweł; Bartosch, Wolfgang; Becker, Dennis; Bleeke, Kai; Böhm, Jonas; Boles, Sören; Döringshoff, Klaus; Guggilam, Priyanka; Hellmig, Ortwin; Imwalle, Isabell; Kanthak, Simon; Kürbis, Christian; Koch, Matthias; Lachmann, Maike Diana; Mihm, Moritz; Müntinga, Hauke; Nepal, Ayush Mani; Oberschulte, Tim; Ohr, Peter; Papakonstantinou, Alexandros; [...]
  • Erschienen: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023
  • Erschienen in: Microgravity Science and Technology, 35 (2023) 5
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12217-023-10068-7
  • ISSN: 1875-0494
  • Schlagwörter: Applied Mathematics ; General Physics and Astronomy ; General Engineering ; Modeling and Simulation
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We report on the design and the construction of a sounding rocket payload capable of performing atom interferometry with Bose-Einstein condensates of<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$^{41}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msup><mml:mrow /><mml:mn>41</mml:mn></mml:msup></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>K and<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$^{87}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msup><mml:mrow /><mml:mn>87</mml:mn></mml:msup></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>Rb. The apparatus is designed to be launched in two consecutive missions with a VSB-30 sounding rocket and is qualified to withstand the expected vibrational loads of 1.8 g root-mean-square in a frequency range between 20–2000 Hz and the expected static loads during ascent and re-entry of 25 g. We present a modular design of the scientific payload comprising a physics package, a laser system, an electronics system and a battery module. A dedicated on-board software provides a largely automated process of predefined experiments. To operate the payload safely in laboratory and flight mode, a thermal control system and ground support equipment has been implemented and will be presented. The payload presented here represents a cornerstone for future applications of matter wave interferometry with ultracold atoms on satellites.</jats:p>