caa a22 4500 445386177 CHVBK 20180317143033.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10714-011-1182-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10714-011-1182-x An atomic gravitational wave interferometric sensor in low earth orbit (AGIS-LEO) [Elektronische Daten] [Jason Hogan, David Johnson, Susannah Dickerson, Tim Kovachy, Alex Sugarbaker, Sheng-wey Chiow, Peter Graham, Mark Kasevich, Babak Saif, Surjeet Rajendran, Philippe Bouyer, Bernard Seery, Lee Feinberg, Ritva Keski-Kuha] We propose an atom interferometer gravitational wave detector in low Earth orbit (AGIS-LEO). Gravitational waves can be observed by comparing a pair of atom interferometers separated by a 30km baseline. In the proposed configuration, one or three of these interferometer pairs are simultaneously operated through the use of two or three satellites in formation flight. The three satellite configuration allows for the increased suppression of multiple noise sources and for the detection of stochastic gravitational wave signals. The mission will offer a strain sensitivity of $${<10^{-18}/\sqrt{{\rm Hz}}}$$ in the 50mHz-10Hz frequency range, providing access to a rich scientific region with substantial discovery potential. This band is not currently addressed with the LIGO, VIRGO, or LISA instruments. We analyze systematic backgrounds that are relevant to the mission and discuss how they can be mitigated at the required levels. Some of these effects do not appear to have been considered previously in the context of atom interferometry, and we therefore expect that our analysis will be broadly relevant to atom interferometric precision measurements. Finally, we present a brief conceptual overview of shorter-baseline $$({\lesssim100\,{\rm m}})$$ atom interferometer configurations that could be deployed as proof-of-principle instruments on the International Space Station (AGIS-ISS) or an independent satellite. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Atom interferometry nationallicence Gravitational wave detection nationallicence Hogan Jason Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut Johnson David Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut Dickerson Susannah Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut Kovachy Tim Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut Sugarbaker Alex Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut Chiow Sheng-wey Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut Graham Peter Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut Kasevich Mark Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut Saif Babak Space Telescope Science Institute, 21218, Baltimore, MD, USA aut Rajendran Surjeet Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, MA, USA aut Bouyer Philippe Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris Sud 11, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, RD 128, 91127, Palaiseau Cedex, France aut Seery Bernard NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, USA aut Feinberg Lee NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, USA aut Keski-Kuha Ritva NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, USA aut General Relativity and Gravitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 43/7(2011-07-01), 1953-2009 0001-7701 43:7<1953 2011 43 10714 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-011-1182-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-011-1182-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hogan Jason Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Johnson David Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dickerson Susannah Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kovachy Tim Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sugarbaker Alex Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chiow Sheng-wey Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Graham Peter Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kasevich Mark Department of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Saif Babak Space Telescope Science Institute, 21218, Baltimore, MD, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rajendran Surjeet Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bouyer Philippe Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris Sud 11, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, RD 128, 91127, Palaiseau Cedex, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seery Bernard NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Feinberg Lee NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Keski-Kuha Ritva NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- General Relativity and Gravitation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 43/7(2011-07-01), 1953-2009 0001-7701 43:7<1953 2011 43 10714 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer