Name: STE-QUEST Virtual Workshop: An M-class Cold Atom mission to probe gravity, dark matter and quantum mechanics
Start: 2022-05-17T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-05-18T19:00:00+02:00
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STE-QUEST Virtual Workshop: An M-class Cold Atom mission to probe gravity, dark matter and quantum mechanics

from Tuesday, 17 May 2022 (08:00) to Wednesday, 18 May 2022 (19:00)

Monday, 16 May 2022
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
10:00 Introduction Session
10:00 - 11:00
Contributions

10:00 Introduction to workshop - Oliver Buchmuller (Imperial College (GB))

10:15 Mission Concept + Background - Peter Wolf
11:00 Physics Opportunities Session
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 The Big Picture - Jonathan R. Ellis (University of London (GB))

11:30 Universality of Free Fall & Einstein Equivalence Principle - Marilu Chiofalo

11:50 Ultra-Light Dark Matter - Aurelien Hees (SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris)

12:10 Foundations of Quantum Mechanics - Matteo Carlesso

12:30 Discussion
13:00 Break: Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 13:45
13:45 Mission Concept Session: Review of mission concept, highlighting the TRL status of each subsystem
Review of mission concept, highlighting the TRL status of each subsystem
13:45 - 14:15
Contributions

13:45 Mission Overview - Naceur Gaaloul
14:15 Mission Concept Session: Lessons from other missions
Lessons from other missions
14:15 - 14:55
Contributions

14:15 MICROSCOPE: Latest results and lessons learned - Gilles Metris

14:35 LISA-Pathfinder:Platform stability and AOCS performance - Henri Inchauspé
14:55 Mission Concept Session: Payload subsystems – focus on TRLs
Payload subsystems – focus on TRLs
14:55 - 16:15
Contributions

14:55 Physics Package - Christian Schubert

15:15 Laser System - Baptiste BATTELIER (Laboratoire Photonique Numerique Nanosciences IOGS-CNRS-Universite de Bordeaux)

15:35 Electronic Unit - Kai Bongs

15:55 Data and Diagnostics Subsystem - Miquel Nofrarias
16:15 Break

16:15 - 16:45
16:45 Mission Concept Session: Synergies with other missions & terrestrial projects
Synergies with other missions & terrestrial projects
16:45 - 17:05
Contributions

16:45 Cold Atom Universality Free Fall test on the ground and its limitations - Mark Kasevich
17:05 Mission Concept Session: Discussion
Discussion
17:05 - 17:35
Contributions

17:05 Discussion
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
10:00 Mission Concept Session: Synergies with other missions & terrestrial projects -- continue from yesterday
Synergies with other missions & terrestrial projects -- continue from yesterday
10:00 - 10:20
Contributions

10:00 Synergies between Physics and Earth Observation missions - Olivier Carraz (RHEA for ESA)
10:20 Towards a Phase 2 Proposal Session
10:20 - 11:50
Contributions

10:20 Feedback on the Phase 1 proposal - Peter Wolf

10:50 The work that lies ahead - Naceur Gaaloul

11:20 Discussion
11:50 Break

11:50 - 12:05
12:05 Community and Consortium Session
12:05 - 12:50
Contributions

12:05 Community/Consortium organization - Oliver Buchmueller, Wolf von Klitzing

12:20 Discussion and workshop conclusion
14:00 STE-QUEST Core Team Meeting (closed session)

14:00 - 16:00