Cold Atom Clocks, Precision Oscillators and Fundamental Tests
/ Authors
S. Bize, P. Wolf, M. Abgrall, L. Cacciapuoti, A. Clairon, J. Gruenert, P. Laurent, P. Lemonde, I. Maksimovic, C. Mandache
and 10 more authors
H. Marion, F. P. D. Santos, P. Rosenbusch, G. Santarelli, Y. Sortais, C. Vian, S. Zhang, C. Salomon, A. Luiten, M. Tobar
/ Abstract
We describe two experimental tests of the Equivalence Principle that are based on frequency measurements between precision oscillators and/or highly accurate atomic frequency standards. Based on comparisons between the hyperfine frequencies of 8 7 Rb and 1 3 3 Cs in atomic fountains, the first experiment constrains the variability of fundamental constant. The second experiment is based on a comparison between a cryogenic sapphire oscillator and a hydrogen maser. It tests Local Lorentz Invariance. In both cases, we report recent results which improve significantly over previous experiments.
Journal: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: 10.1007/b13178