AION atom interferometry detector

Atom interferometry to probe dark matter, gravitational waves and fundamental physics. Managed by @UltracoldTiff.

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

AION will use #ColdAtoms to create a detector for #DarkMatter, #GravitationalWaves and tests of fundamental physics. We're combining researcher communities from atomic, high energy and astroparticle physics.

Check out our paper https://t.co/KKvrSkc7N7 or find out more below 🧵

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

AION team members (past and present!) from almost all our cold atom labs have had a great time at @icap2024 this week!

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

There's too much going on in our research teams to cover in our consortium meeting discussion sessions - so for the first time we've had a poster session for our students and postdocs to showcase their projects!

Congratulations to poster prize winner Ollie from @unibirmingham!

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

Last week we met up in Birmingham for our most recent consortium meeting! We had an interesting three days discussing experiment updates, and sharing ideas and future plans.

Thanks to all who joined, especially our guest speakers and the organisers from the @unibirmingham team!

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

Unfortunately we didn't get a photo of John Carlton's excellent poster on the characterisation of gravity gradient noise and its impact on atom interferometry!

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

Last month the international long baseline #AtomInterferometry community came together for a fantastic workshop discussing recent progress and technical challenges.

Take a look at the posters that some of our students and postdocs presented on their work! 🧵

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

From @LivUni @livuniphysics Leonie Hawkins presented her PhD work on atom interferometry with Rubidium-85, and Kamran Hussain (joint with @RAL_Space_STFC) showed progress towards interferometry with ultrcold strontium, including laser stabilissation and precision optics.

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

PhD students and ECRs can also apply for financial support to attend the workshop as part of their poster submission! https://t.co/YRmMzU6yTW

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

We're looking forward to the terrestrial very-long baseline atom interferometry workshop coming up in London, 3-5 April! It will be great to discuss science and plans with the entire community.

Registration closes 20th March (13th March for posters)
https://t.co/drwuE80loL

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

Edit: learning how to use our experiment control systems in the most effective way!

Our labs have been using ARTIQ for a while but one of our goals is to have a streamlined approach to experiment control where we can easily share sequences between labs!

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

Our experimental teams recently enjoyed a training week learning how to use our ARTIQ experiment control systems, sharing ideas online as they tackled the exercises throughout the days.

Thanks to Charles Baynham @ImperialPhysics for organising! @M_Labs_Ltd

[STFC Particle Physics @PPD_STFC]

@RutherfordApLab @STFC_Matters @isisneutronmuon @ImperialPhysics @ATLASexperiment @jonmbutterworth @ucl @CERN @UCLHEP 3⃣ "Charting New Frontiers in Dark Matter Detection with Atom Interferometry", supervised by @C_McCabe1 @KingsEPAP and Mark Bason @RAL_Space_STFC 🥳

You'd join the @AION_Science collaboration as they develop an ultra-sensitive atom interferometer to search for #DarkMatter. 🔎

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

We recently had our latest consortium meeting, this time hosted by our @RAL_Space_STFC team at the beautiful Cosener's House in Abingdon. We enjoyed three days of technical discussions and updates on everyone's progress!

[Mark G. Bason @mgbason]

Let's talk about gravitational waves and noise. Yes, why not?
@PPD_STFC @UltracoldAnna @AION_Science @qqq_iop

[AION atom interferometry detector @AION_Science]

Looks a fantastic workshop, we’ll be there!

[RAL Space @RAL_Space_STFC]

⚛️ On 13 November, @rutherfordaplab is hosting researchers from light and atom interferometry communities to discuss noise sources relevant to the detection of fundamental physics processes, such as gravitational waves.

More info and registration here 👉 https://t.co/wxAYFIeVqx

[Cambridge MBQD @CaMBQD]

A day in the life of one of our students building an #AtomInterferometer in our @AION_Science lab!

[RAL Space @RAL_Space_STFC]

⚛️ Calling all #ColdAtoms physicists and #QuantumOptics experts!

Our #QuantumSensors group have exciting opportunities for scientists to join their team, which is expanding to further develop space applications of #quantum technologies. It's an exciting time to get involved! 👇