4th Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry Workshop

Feb 2, 2026, 8:00 AM → Feb 4, 2026, 6:30 PM Europe/Madrid

Poster_TVLBAI_Workshop_2026.pdf

Mon, February 2

10:30 AM Registration

Session: Welcome and Introduction

1 Welcome from the Local Organizers

2 Introduction from the TVLBAI Chair

12:30 PM Lunch Break

Session: Science

Convener: Dr Albert Roura (German Aerospace Center (DLR))

3 Gravitational waves

4 Dark matter

5 Metrology & Tests of GR and QM

6 Synergies with laser interferometers

5:00 PM Coffee Break

Session: WP1 Scientific Foundations and Physics Goals

Conveners: Enno Giese, Peter Millington (University of Manchester)

Session: WP2 Advanced Atom Interferometry Techniques

Conveners: Samuel Lellouch, Tiffany Harte

Session: WP3 Site Options and Engineering & Infrastructure

Conveners: Lucas Lombriser (University of Geneva), Maurits van der Grinten (RAL)

Tue, February 3

Session: Long-Baseline Atom Interferometers

Conveners: Dr Charles Baynham (Imperial College London), Dr Michael Werner (Institute Of Quantum Optics Hannover)

7 AION/AICE

8 ELGAR

9 MAGIS

10 MIGA

11 VLBAI

12 ZAIGA

11:00 AM Coffee Break

Session: WP4 Network Integration and Synergies

Session: WP5 Data Analysis and Interpretation

Conveners: Christopher McCabe (King's College London), ROSA POGGIANI

Session: WP6 Community Building and Outreach

Conveners: Dr Fabio Di Pumpo, Marilu Chiofalo

12:30 PM Lunch Break

Lab Tours: Visit to Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc

Lab Tours: Visit to Rioseta Shaft and Somport Railroad Tunnel

5:00 PM Coffee break

Poster Session & Drinks

Wed, February 4

Session: Technology

Conveners: Alexandre Gauguet, Richard Hobson

13 Sources

14 Large Momentum Transfer

15 Squeezing

16 Space

11:00 AM Coffee Break

Session: Report from Work Package (WP) Sessions

17 WP1 Scientific Foundations and Physics Goals

18 WP2 Advanced Atom Interferometry Techniques

19 WP3 Site Options and Engineering & Infrastructure

20 WP4 Network Integration and Synergies

21 WP5 Data Analysis and Interpretation

22 WP6 Community Building and Outreach

Session: Closing Remarks

12:40 PM Lunch Break

Lab Tours: Visit to Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc

Lab Tours: Visit to Rioseta Shaft and Somport Railroad Tunnel