Probing submicron forces by interferometry of Bose-Einstein condensed atoms

2003/06/30 by Savas Dimopoulos, Andrew A. Geraci, Andrew Geraci · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #cond-mat #hep-ph #hep-th #physics.atom-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.68.124021

published as Phys.Rev. D68 (2003) 124021 · 32 pages, 5 figures, RevTeX4, expanded discussion of interactions, references added, to appear in PRD

arxiv created 2003/10/16 · openalex publication_date 2003/12/24 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We propose a technique, using interferometry of Bose-Einstein condensed alkali atoms, for the detection of submicron-range forces. It may extend present searches at 1 micron by 6 to 9 orders of magnitude, deep into the theoretically interesting regime of 1000 times gravity. We give several examples of both four-dimensional particles (moduli), as well as higher-dimensional particles---vectors and scalars in a large bulk---that could mediate forces accessible by this technique.

Citations

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