| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 219, 2019
International Workshop on Particle Physics at Neutron Sources (PPNS 2018)
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| Article Number | 05004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Tests of Gravity, Dark Matter and Dark Energy | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921905004 | |
| Published online | 12 December 2019 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921905004
Proof of principle for Ramsey-type gravity resonance spectroscopy with qBounce
1 Technische Universität Wien, Atominstitut, 1020 Vienna, Austria
2 Institut Laue Langevin, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
a e-mail: rene.sedmik@tuwien.ac.at
b e-mail: jenke@ill.fr
c e-mail: abele@ati.ac.at
Published online: 12 December 2019
Ultracold neutrons (UCNs) are formidable probes in precision tests of gravity. With their negligible electric charge, dielectric moment, and polarizability they naturally evade some of the problems plaguing gravity experiments with atomic or macroscopic test bodies. Taking advantage of this fact, the qBounce collaboration has developed a technique – gravity resonance spectroscopy (GRS) – to study bound quantum states of UCN in the gravity field of the Earth. This technique is used as a high-precision tool to search for hypothetical Non-Newtonian gravity on the micrometer scale. In the present article, we describe the recently commissioned Ramsey-type GRS setup, give an unambiguous proof of principle, and discuss possible measurements that will be performed.
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