4th Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry Workshop
from
Monday, February 2, 2026 (8:00 AM)
to
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 (6:30 PM)
Monday, February 2, 2026
10:30 AM
Registration
Registration
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Session: Welcome and Introduction
Welcome and Introduction
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions
11:30 AM
Welcome from the Local Organizers
-
Diego Blas
(
ICREA/IFAE
)
Elias Lopez Asamar
11:50 AM
REDONGRA (Spanish Network of Gravitational Wave Physics)
-
Carlos F. Sopuerta
(
Institute of Space Sciences of the Spanish National Research Council (ICE, CSIC)
)
12:10 PM
Introduction from the TVLBAI Chair
-
Oliver Buchmuller
(
Imperial College (GB)
)
12:30 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Session: Science
Science
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions
2:30 PM
New physics in the IR
-
Peter Millington
(
University of Manchester
)
3:00 PM
Overview of GW detection with atom interferometry
-
Leonardo Badurina
(
California Institute of Technology
)
3:30 PM
Dark-matter detection with atom interferometers
-
Yikun Wang
(
Johns Hopkins University
)
4:00 PM
Synergies with laser interferometers
-
Rosa Poggiani
(
University of Pisa
)
4:30 PM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Session: WP1 Scientific Foundations and Physics Goals
WP1 Scientific Foundations and Physics Goals
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions
5:00 PM
Flash talks
6:00 PM
Session: WP2 Advanced Atom Interferometry Techniques
WP2 Advanced Atom Interferometry Techniques
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
9:20 AM
Session: Long-Baseline Atom Interferometers
Long-Baseline Atom Interferometers
9:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions
9:20 AM
AION/AICE
-
John Carlton
9:40 AM
MAGIS
-
Nicholas Dreux Entin
10:00 AM
MIGA
-
Benjamin CANUEL
(
LP2N, Laboratoire Photonique, Numérique et Nanosciences, Université Bordeaux-IOGS-CNRS:UMR 5298, 1 rue F. Mitterrand, F-33400 Talence, France
)
10:20 AM
VLBAI
-
Dennis Schlippert
10:40 AM
ZAIGA
-
Lin Zhou
11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Session: Joint WP3+WP4+WP5 Session
Joint WP3+WP4+WP5 Session
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions
11:30 AM
WP3: Update from Porta Alpina
-
Michael Guinchard
(
CERN
)
11:45 AM
WP3: Bedretto Lab Physics - Switzerland’s first deep underground physics research laboratory
-
Marcelle Soares-Santos
12:00 PM
WP4
-
Jeremiah Mitchell
12:15 PM
MAGIS-100 offline coordination and plans
-
Jonathan Tinsley
(
University of Liverpool
)
1:00 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Lab Tours: Visit to Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc
Visit to Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Coffee break
Coffee break
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Session: WP6 Community Building and Outreach
WP6 Community Building and Outreach
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Early Career Session
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Contributions
6:00 PM
Methods for Absolute Gravity Sensing with VLBAI
-
Kai Grensemann
6:20 PM
Robust Atom Interferometry with Double Bragg Diffraction
-
Rui Li
6:40 PM
Unified Theory of Large Momentum Transfer in Optical Lattices
-
Patrik Mönkeberg
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
9:20 AM
Session: Technology
Technology
9:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions
9:20 AM
Space
9:40 AM
Large Momentum Transfer
10:40 AM
Atom Sources
11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Session: Report from Work Package (WP) Sessions
Report from Work Package (WP) Sessions
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions
11:30 AM
WP1 Scientific Foundations and Physics Goals
11:40 AM
WP2 Advanced Atom Interferometry Techniques
11:50 AM
WP3 Site Options and Engineering & Infrastructure
12:00 PM
WP4 Network Integration and Synergies
12:10 PM
WP5 Data Analysis and Interpretation
12:20 PM
WP6 Community Building and Outreach
12:30 PM
Session: Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM