caa a22 4500 445386126 CHVBK 20180317143032.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10714-010-1118-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10714-010-1118-x Sources and technology for an atomic gravitational wave interferometric sensor [Elektronische Daten] [Michael Hohensee, Shau-Yu Lan, Rachel Houtz, Cheong Chan, Brian Estey, Geena Kim, Pei-Chen Kuan, Holger Müller] We study the use of atom interferometers as detectors for gravitational waves in the mHz-Hz frequency band, which is complementary to planned optical interferometers, such as laser interferometer gravitational wave observatories (LIGOs) and the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). We describe an optimized atomic gravitational wave interferometric sensor (AGIS), whose sensitivity is proportional to the baseline length to power of 5/2, as opposed to the linear scaling of a more conservative design. Technical challenges are briefly discussed, as is a table-top demonstrator AGIS that is presently under construction at Berkeley. We study a range of potential sources of gravitational waves visible to AGIS, including galactic and extra-galactic binaries. Based on the predicted shot noise limited performance, AGIS should be capable of detecting type Ia supernovae precursors within 500pc, up to 200years beforehand. An optimized detector may be capable of detecting waves from RX J0806.3+1527. The Author(s), 2010 Gravitational waves nationallicence Atom interferometers nationallicence Binary systems nationallicence Hohensee Michael Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Lan Shau-Yu Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Houtz Rachel Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Chan Cheong Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Estey Brian Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Kim Geena Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Kuan Pei-Chen Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Müller Holger Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut General Relativity and Gravitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 43/7(2011-07-01), 1905-1930 0001-7701 43:7<1905 2011 43 10714 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-010-1118-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-010-1118-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hohensee Michael Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lan Shau-Yu Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Houtz Rachel Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chan Cheong Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Estey Brian Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kim Geena Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kuan Pei-Chen Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Müller Holger Department of Physics, University of California, 366 Le Conte Hall, 94720-7300, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- General Relativity and Gravitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 43/7(2011-07-01), 1905-1930 0001-7701 43:7<1905 2011 43 10714 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer