GAUGE: the GrAnd Unification and Gravity Explorer

G. Amelino-Camelia; K. Aplin; M. Arndt; J. D. Barrow; R. J. Bingham; C. Borde; P. Bouyer; M. Caldwell; A. M. Cruise; T. Damour; P. D'Arrigo; H. Dittus; W. Ertmer; B. Foulon; P. Gill; G. D. Hammond; J. Hough; C. Jentsch; U. Johann; P. Jetzer; H. Klein; A. Lambrecht; B. Lamine; C. Lämmerzahl; N. Lockerbie; F. Loeffler; J. T. Mendonca; J. Mester; W. T. Ni; C. Pegrum; A. Peters; E. Rasel; S. Reynaud; D. Shaul; T. J. Sumner; S. Theil; C. Torrie; P. Touboul; C. Trenkel; S. Vitale; W. Vodel; C. Wang; H. Ward; A. Woodgate

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GAUGE: the GrAnd Unification and Gravity Explorer

G. Amelino-Camelia, K. Aplin, M. Arndt, J. D. Barrow, R. J. Bingham, C. Borde, P. Bouyer, M. Caldwell, A. M. Cruise, T. Damour, P. D'Arrigo, H. Dittus, W. Ertmer, B. Foulon, P. Gill, G. D. Hammond, J. Hough, C. Jentsch, U. Johann, P. JetzerH. Klein, A. Lambrecht, B. Lamine, C. Lämmerzahl, N. Lockerbie, F. Loeffler, J. T. Mendonca, J. Mester, W. T. Ni, C. Pegrum, A. Peters, E. Rasel, S. Reynaud, D. Shaul, T. J. Sumner (Corresponding Author), S. Theil, C. Torrie, P. Touboul, C. Trenkel, S. Vitale, W. Vodel, C. Wang, H. Ward, A. Woodgate

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The GAUGE (GrAnd Unification and Gravity Explorer) mission proposes to use a drag-free spacecraft platform onto which a number of experiments are attached. They are designed to address a number of key issues at the interface between gravity and unification with the other forces of nature. The equivalence principle is to be probed with both a high-precision test using classical macroscopic test bodies, and, to lower precision, using microscopic test bodies via cold-atom interferometry. These two equivalence principle tests will explore string-dilaton theories and the effect of space-time fluctuations respectively. The macroscopic test bodies will also be used for intermediate-range inverse-square law and an axion-like spin-coupling search. The microscopic test bodies offer the prospect of extending the range of tests to also include short-range inverse-square law and spin-coupling measurements as well as looking for evidence of quantum decoherence due to space-time fluctuations at the Planck scale.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	549-572
Number of pages	24
Journal	Experimental Astronomy
Volume	23
Issue number	2
Early online date	12 Jun 2008
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-008-9086-9
Publication status	Published - Mar 2009

Keywords

Atom interferometry
Equivalence principle
Fundamental physics
Mass-spin coupling
Space mission

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Amelino-Camelia, G., Aplin, K., Arndt, M., Barrow, J. D., Bingham, R. J., Borde, C., Bouyer, P., Caldwell, M., Cruise, A. M., Damour, T., D'Arrigo, P., Dittus, H., Ertmer, W., Foulon, B., Gill, P., Hammond, G. D., Hough, J., Jentsch, C., Johann, U., ... Woodgate, A. (2009). GAUGE: the GrAnd Unification and Gravity Explorer . Experimental Astronomy, 23(2), 549-572. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-008-9086-9

Amelino-Camelia, G, Aplin, K, Arndt, M, Barrow, JD, Bingham, RJ, Borde, C, Bouyer, P, Caldwell, M, Cruise, AM, Damour, T, D'Arrigo, P, Dittus, H, Ertmer, W, Foulon, B, Gill, P, Hammond, GD, Hough, J, Jentsch, C, Johann, U, Jetzer, P, Klein, H, Lambrecht, A, Lamine, B, Lämmerzahl, C, Lockerbie, N, Loeffler, F, Mendonca, JT, Mester, J, Ni, WT, Pegrum, C, Peters, A, Rasel, E, Reynaud, S, Shaul, D, Sumner, TJ, Theil, S, Torrie, C, Touboul, P, Trenkel, C, Vitale, S, Vodel, W, Wang, C, Ward, H & Woodgate, A 2009, 'GAUGE: the GrAnd Unification and Gravity Explorer ', Experimental Astronomy, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 549-572. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-008-9086-9

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