Atom interferometry in a 10 m fountain
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This thesis presents experimental results from the Stanford 10 m atom drop tower. We use atomic physics and laser spectroscopic techniques to test both general relativity and quantum mechanics. By dropping different types of atoms and observing their free-fall accelerations, it will be possible to test the equivalence principle and other general relativistic effects in the lab. By observing coherence after splitting an atom by up to 8.2 cm, we have probed the quantum-to-classical transition with increasingly macroscopic superposition states.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Sugarbaker, Alexander |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics. |
| Primary advisor | Kasevich, Mark A |
| Thesis advisor | Kasevich, Mark A |
| Thesis advisor | Graham, Peter (Peter Wickelgren) |
| Thesis advisor | Gratta, Giorgio |
| Advisor | Graham, Peter (Peter Wickelgren) |
| Advisor | Gratta, Giorgio |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Alexander Sugarbaker. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Alexander Franz Sugarbaker
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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