Some fundamental physics experiments using atomic clocks and sensors

Christine Guerlin; Pacôme Delva; Peter Wolf

doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2015.04.002

Some fundamental physics experiments using atomic clocks and sensors

Christine Guerlin ¹ ; Pacôme Delva ²; Peter Wolf ²

¹ Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS-PSL Research University, CNRS, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, Collège de France
² SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, 61, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France

Comptes Rendus. Physique, The measurement of time / La mesure du temps, Volume 16 (2015) no. 5, pp. 565-575.

Abstract
Résumé

We present several experiments in fundamental physics that use atomic clocks and sensors together with high performance time/frequency transfer methods. Our account is far from being exhaustive and instead concentrates on a chosen subset of present and future experiments, whilst providing some theoretical background. We only give very brief overviews of the experiments and theories, but provide ample references for the interested reader.

Nous présentons plusieurs expériences en physique fondamentale qui utilisent les horloges et les capteurs atomiques en combinaison avec des méthodes de transfert en temps/fréquence de haute performance. Notre revue est loin d'être exhaustive et se concentre plutôt sur un sous-ensemble choisi d'expériences actuelles et futures, tout en fournissant un certain background théorique. Nous nous bornons à donner de brefs survols des expériences et des théories, mais fournissons d'amples références bibliographiques pour le lecteur intéressé par le sujet.

Published online: 2015-05-06

DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2015.04.002

Keywords: Equivalence Principle, Lorentz invariance, Experimental tests of General Relativity, Time and frequency metrology
Mots-clés : Principe d'Equivalence, Invariance de Lorentz, Tests expérimentaux de la Relativité Générale, Métrologie temps–fréquence

Author's affiliations:

Christine Guerlin ¹; Pacôme Delva ²; Peter Wolf ²

¹ Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS-PSL Research University, CNRS, UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, Collège de France
² SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, 61, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France

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Christine Guerlin; Pacôme Delva; Peter Wolf. Some fundamental physics experiments using atomic clocks and sensors. Comptes Rendus. Physique, The measurement of time / La mesure du temps, Volume 16 (2015) no. 5, pp. 565-575. doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2015.04.002. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/j.crhy.2015.04.002/

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