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)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
17 May 2022
18 May 2022
AM
10:00
Introduction Session (until 11:00)
10:00 Introduction to workshop - Oliver Buchmuller (Imperial College (GB))  
10:15 Mission Concept + Background - Peter Wolf  
11:00
Physics Opportunities Session (until 13:00)
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  
10:00
Mission Concept Session (until 10:20)
10:00 Synergies between Physics and Earth Observation missions - Olivier Carraz (RHEA for ESA)  
10:20
Towards a Phase 2 Proposal Session (until 11:50)
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 (until 12:05)
PM
13:00
Break (until 13:45)
13:45
Mission Concept Session (until 14:15)
13:45 Mission Overview - Naceur Gaaloul  
14:15
Mission Concept Session (until 14:55)
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 (until 16:15)
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 (until 16:45)
16:45
Mission Concept Session (until 17:05)
16:45 Cold Atom Universality Free Fall test on the ground and its limitations - Mark Kasevich  
17:05
Mission Concept Session (until 17:35)
17:05 Discussion  
12:05
Community and Consortium Session (until 12:50)
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) (until 16:00)