Workshop on Atomic Experiments for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration

Europe/Zurich
222-R-001 (CERN)

222-R-001

CERN

22.07 in room 222-R-001 23.07 am in room 40-S2-B01 23.07 pm in room 60-6-015 (Restricted)
Albert De Roeck (CERN), John Ellis, Oliver Buchmuller (Imperial College (GB))
Description

The purpose of this informal workshop is to review the landscape of cold atom technologies being developed to explore of dark sector physics - especially light dark matter, gravitational effects - particularly gravitational waves in the mid-frequency band, and searches for new fundamental interactions - which offer several options for ground-breaking discoveries. 

One important goal of the workshop will be to assemble a White Paper outlining the physics case for a future space-based cold atom detector in response to the ESA Voyager 2050 call [1] (deadline August 5th).

This White Paper will propose a space interferometer experiment using cold atoms to detect ultra-light dark matter, and measure gravitational waves in the frequency range between the most sensitive ranges of the LISA and LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA/Einstein Telescope experiments. This experiment, called Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration (AEDGE), would build upon the technologies now being developed for terrestrial experiments using cold atoms, and would benefit from the space experience obtained with LISA and cold atom experiments on the ISS. AEDGE would complement other planned searches for dark matter, and would have many synergies with other gravitational wave detectors.

The Workshop will focus on the physics opportunities and connections between the fundamental research areas of particle physics and gravitational physics using technologies based on cold atom expertise. In this context, we will review several terrestrial atom interferometer projects to demonstrate the capabilities of different technologies, which are under construction, planned or proposed, including those listed below [2].

To make the strongest possible science case, we aim to establish a diverse and large support across communities. This Workshop will be an opportunity to bring together representatives of the cold atom, particle physics and gravitational communities in Europe, to work towards a strong science case that will build the foundation for future space-based as well as terrestrial projects.

Workshop Organisers:

Kai Bongs(CA), 

Philippe Bouyer(CA), 

Oliver Buchmueller(PP), 

Albert De Roeck(PP), 

John Ellis(PP, Theory), 

Peter Graham (CA, Theory), 

Jason Hogan (CA),

Wolf von Klitzing(CA), 

Guglielmo Tino(CA)

and AtomQT [https://atomqt.eu]

PP=Particle Physics
CA=Cold Atoms 

[1] https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/voyage-2050



[2]:

The Matter-wave laser Interferometric Gravitation Antenna (MIGA) Experiment:

http://miga-project.org/.

MIGA aims at demonstrating precision measurements of gravity with cold atom sensors in a large-scale instrument and at studying associated applications in geosciences and fundamental physics. In particular, it will assess future potential applications of atom interferometry to gravitational wave detection in the mid-frequency band between 0.1 and 10 Hz, intermediate between LISA and LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA/INDIGO/ET.



The MAGIA-Advanced

Project funded by the Italian Ministry for Research and Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare for a large scale atom interferometer based on ultracold Rb and Sr atoms. In additions to lab R&D activity, the team is investigating the possibility of a 100-300 m atom interferometer to be installed in a vertical shaft on Sardinia island. Main goals are GW observation and search for DM.



The Zhaoshan long-baseline Atom Interferometer Gravitation Antenna (ZAIGA) 

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.09288.pdf

ZAIGA is an underground laser-linked interferometer facility under construction near Wuhan, China. It has an equilateral triangle configuration with two 1-km-apart atom interferometers in each arm,  a 300-meter vertical tunnel equipped with an atom fountain and atomic clocks, and 1-km-arm-length optical clocks linked by locked lasers. It is designed for experimental research on gravitation and related problems including gravitational wave detection and high-precision tests of the equivalence principle.



The Matter-wave Atomic Gradiometer Interferometric Sensor (MAGIS) project

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1812.00482.pdf

The MAGIS project in the US plans a series of interferometers using cold atoms with progressively increasing baselines of 10m, 100m, and 1km. The first step is funded and under construction at Stanford, the second step is being prepared at Fermilab, and the third step is planned for the Sanford Underground Research Facility.

ELGAR

ELGAR is a European initiative to build a terrestrial infrastructure for cold atoms for gravitational wave detection with potential applications also for dark matter. Configurations similar to MAGIS/AION are included in the proposal, and a White Paper about this infrastructure is being prepared [https://indico.obspm.fr/event/58/contributions/214/attachments/88/98/Slides-bouyer2018_06_21_MIGA_GDR.pdf]

The UK Atom Interferometry Observatory and Network (AION) project

http://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/AION-Project/

The AION project in the UK proposes a series of atom interferometers with baselines of 10m, 100m, and 1km, similar to MAGIS. The first stage would be located in Oxford, with sites for the subsequent steps awaiting study.

The Bose-Einstein Condensate and Cold Atom Laboratory (BECCAL)

TheBECCAL is a bilateral project of NASA and DLR for a multi-purpose facility on the international space station, based in the heritage of drop tower (QUANTUS) and sounding rocket experiments (MAIUS). It will enable a variety of experiments in atom optics and atom interferometery to cover a broad spectrum ranging from fundamental physics to studies for applications in earth observation. It is intended as a pathfinder for future space missions.

The Space Atomic Gravity Explorer (SAGE) 

http://arxiv.org/abs/1907.03867

The SAGE mission was proposed to the European Space Agency in 2016 in response to a Call for “New Ideas” (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/new-scientific-ideas). It has the scientific objective to investigate Gravitational Waves, Dark Matter, and other fundamental aspects of gravity as well as the connection between gravitational physics and quantum physics combining quantum sensing and quantum communication based on recent impressive advances in quantum technologies for atom interferometers, optical clocks, microwave and optical links.

UPDATE: 26/07/2021 

In reference to cold atom experiments in space community response to the final recommendations of the Voyage 2050 Senior Science Committee:

Adding letter and list of registered co-signatories of the community letter to ESA’s Director of Science, Guenther Hasinger. 

Registration
Expression of Interest in the forthcoming Community Workshop for Cold Atom Technology in Space
Participants
  • Abigail Coughlan
  • Aidan Arnold
  • Aishik Ghosh
  • Alain Magnon
  • Alain Magnon
  • Albert De Roeck
  • Albert De Roeck
  • Albert Roura
  • Albert Roura
  • Aleksandar Beli\'{c}
  • Aleksandar Belic
  • Aleksandar Belic
  • Aleksandra Maluckov
  • Alexander Digurov
  • Alexandre Gauguet
  • Alexandru Nicolin
  • Ana Caramete
  • Andrea Trombettoni
  • Andreas Korn
  • Andrei Derevianko
  • Andrei Derevianko
  • Andrei-Ieronim Constantinescu
  • Andrew Carroll
  • Andrius Tamosiunas
  • André Wenzlawski
  • André Wenzlawski
  • Angelo Bassi
  • Animesh Datta
  • Anindya Ghosh
  • ANIRBAN MAJUMDAR
  • Anke Stoeltzel
  • Anna Lipniacka
  • Anna Lipniacka
  • Anna Minguzzi
  • Antun Bala\v{z}
  • Antun Balaz
  • Antun Balaz
  • Anupam Mazumdar
  • Apostolos Pilaftsis
  • Armin Shayeghi
  • Armin Shayeghi
  • Armin Shayeghi
  • Augusto Smerzi
  • Aurelien Hees
  • Aurelien Hees
  • Aurelien Hees
  • Aya Beshr
  • Baptiste BATTELIER
  • Baptiste BATTELIER
  • Barry Garraway
  • Ben Sauer
  • Ben Sauer
  • Benjamin Appleyard
  • Benjamin Krikler
  • Benjamin Pasquiou
  • Bianca Sofia Pinolini
  • Bjoern Penning
  • Bjoern Penning
  • Bo-Sture Skagerstam
  • Bodil Holst
  • Bodil Holst
  • Bradley Kavanagh
  • Candan Dozen
  • Carla Signorini
  • Cecilia Ferrari
  • Chad Briddon
  • Charles Baynham
  • Chee Yuan Woo
  • Chen-Hao Feng
  • Chen-Hao FENG
  • Chris Foot
  • Chris Foot
  • Christian Schubert
  • Christian Vogt
  • Christian Zimmer
  • Christopher McCabe
  • Clare Burrage
  • Clare Burrage
  • Claude Vallee
  • Costas Constantinou
  • Cristiano Alpigiani
  • Cristiano Alpigiani
  • Dana Anderson
  • Dane Noelle Cross
  • Daniel Felea
  • Daniel Felea
  • Daniel Felea
  • Daniel Silveira
  • Daniela Saadeh
  • Danijela Bogavac
  • Dario Grasso
  • Dario Grasso
  • DEBAPRIYA PAL
  • DEBAPRIYA PAL
  • Debapriya Pal
  • Dennis Schlippert
  • Dennis Schlippert
  • Diego Blas
  • Diego Blas
  • Dimitris Papazoglou
  • Dimitris Papazoglou
  • Dorota M Grabowska
  • Dylan Sabulsky
  • Edmund Copeland
  • Efe Yazgan
  • Efe Yazgan
  • Efe Yazgan
  • Eissa Alnasrallah
  • Eleonora Villani
  • Elizabeth Ruddy
  • Elliot Bentine
  • Elliot Bentine
  • Elliot Bentine
  • Emanuele Pelucchi
  • Emilia Witkowska
  • Enzhao Wang
  • Erling Riis
  • Farida Fassi
  • Farida Fassi
  • Farida Fassi
  • Fiodor Sorrentino
  • Florian Schreck
  • Gaetano Luciano
  • Gaetano Luciano
  • Gaetano Luciano
  • Gediminas Juzeliūnas
  • Gedminas Elertas
  • Georgette Kufatty
  • Georgios Vasilakis
  • Georgios Vasilakis
  • Gian F. Giudice
  • Gian Francesco Giudice
  • Gian Giudice
  • Giancarlo Cella
  • Gianfranco Bertone
  • Gianluigi Arduini
  • Giovanni Maria Piacentino
  • Goran Djordjevic
  • Goran Djordjevic
  • Goran Djordjevic
  • Greg Landsberg
  • Greg Landsberg
  • Guglielmo M. Tino
  • Gustaaf Brooijmans
  • Haifa Rejeb Sfar
  • Haifa Rejeb Sfar
  • Haifa Rejeb Sfar
  • Hala Elhag
  • Hector Carranza
  • Henrique Araujo
  • Henrique Araujo
  • Hiranya Peiris
  • Hrishikesh M Namboothiripad
  • Hristiyana Dimitrova
  • Hrvoje Buljan
  • Ian Shipsey
  • Ian Shipsey
  • Ilkka Tittonen
  • Ioana Dutan
  • Ioannis Drougkakis
  • Ioannis Drougkakis
  • Ivette Fuentes
  • Işıl Başaran Öz
  • Jacob Dunningham
  • Jacob Dunningham
  • Jacques Tempere
  • Jakob Salfeld-Nebgen
  • James Unwin
  • James Unwin
  • James Unwin
  • Jeremiah Mitchell
  • Jie Feng
  • Joerg Jaeckel
  • Johann Rafelski
  • Johannes Fiedler
  • John March-Russell
  • John Quenby
  • John Quenby
  • Jon Goldwin
  • Jon Goldwin
  • Jonathan Neil Tinsley
  • Jonathan R. Ellis
  • Jonathan R. Ellis
  • Jonathan Tinsley
  • Jonathon Coleman
  • Jonathon Coleman
  • Jordi Mompart
  • Jorma Louko
  • Jose Bernabeu
  • Jose Bernabeu
  • Jose Bernabeu
  • Joseph Cotter
  • Joseph Cotter
  • Julia Pahl
  • Julia Pahl
  • Jure Zupan
  • Jure Zupan
  • K.C. Kong
  • Kanak Sharma
  • Kanako Narita
  • Karolina Maria Kmiec
  • Kehang Bai
  • Klaasjan van Druten
  • Konstantinos Tassis
  • Kristof Schmieden
  • Krzysztof Pawlowski
  • Kwok Lam (Michael) Chu
  • Lars Bathe-Peters
  • Lars Ludwig Hans Bathe-Peters
  • Laurentiu Caramete
  • Leonardo Badurina
  • Leonardo Badurina
  • Leonid Didukh
  • Leonie Hawkins
  • Leticia Tarruell
  • Ligang Xia
  • Lucia Hackermueller
  • Magdalena Kowalska
  • Mai El sawy
  • Mai Elsawy
  • Marcelle Soares-Santos
  • Marco Fattori
  • Marco Prevedelli
  • Marco Prevedelli
  • Marek Bohdan Walczak
  • Marek Lewicki
  • Maria Luisa Chiofalo
  • Marian Woltmann
  • Mario Martinez-Perez
  • Mark Fromhold
  • Mark Kasevich
  • Mark Kasevich
  • Martin Gazi
  • Martin Greve
  • Martin Haehnelt
  • Maryam Alashoor
  • Masha Baryakhtar
  • Matthew McCullough
  • Mattia Fani'
  • Maurits van der Grinten
  • Mauro Paternostro
  • Melike Akbiyik
  • Mesut Unal
  • Miaoyuan Liu
  • Miaoyuan Liu
  • Michael A. Fedderke
  • Michael Doser
  • Michael Doser
  • Michael Holynski
  • Michael Tobar
  • Michele Barone
  • Milan Milosevic
  • Mingsheng Zhan
  • Moataz Attallah
  • Mohamed Yahia
  • Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed
  • Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed
  • Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed
  • Muhammed Sameed
  • Muhammed Sameed
  • Muhammed Sameed
  • Mukesh Kumar
  • Mustafa Gündogan
  • Mustafa Gündogan
  • Mustafa Gündogan
  • Naceur Gaaloul
  • Nikolay Vitanov
  • Noah Fitch
  • Oday Darwich
  • Oday Darwich
  • Oleg Grachov
  • Oleg Grachov
  • Oleg Grachov
  • Oleksiy Onishchenko
  • Oliver Buchmueller
  • Oliver Buchmuller
  • Oliver Gould
  • Ovidiu TINTAREANU MIRCEA
  • Ozgur Mustecaplioglu
  • Paris Sphicas
  • Patricia Tavares Coutinho Borges De Sousa
  • Patrick Gill
  • Patrick Windpassinger
  • Patrick Windpassinger
  • Peter Dornan
  • Peter Jeglič
  • Peter Lichard
  • Peter Wolf
  • Peter Zoller
  • Petr Levchenko
  • Petruta Stefanescu
  • Philipp Treutlein
  • Philippe Bouyer
  • Pradeep Kumar
  • Prassanna S
  • PRATIK CHAKRABORTY
  • Rahul Venkatram
  • Rajdeep Mohan Chatterjee
  • Rajeev Singh
  • Ramy Brustein
  • Ramy Harib
  • Ranjan Laha
  • Remi Geiger
  • Riccardo Andreoni
  • Riccardo Bellese
  • Richard Hobson
  • Richard Hobson
  • Ricky Wildman
  • Robert Bingham
  • Robert Bingham
  • Robert Flack
  • Robert Flack
  • Robert Flack
  • Ron Folman
  • Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz
  • Ronny Barnea
  • Ryan Nichol
  • Ryan Nichol
  • Sajan Easo
  • Sajan Easo
  • Sajan Easo
  • Saksham Chandna
  • Sana Amairi-Pyka
  • Sana Amairi-Pyka
  • Sarah Malik
  • Sascha Vowe
  • SAURABH PANDEY
  • SAURABH PANDEY
  • Sean Ravenhall
  • Sebastian Baum
  • Sevilay Sevincli
  • Shahzad Ali
  • Shin-Shan Yu
  • Shoji Asai
  • Shray Mishra
  • Silvia Tentindo
  • Silvia Tentindo
  • Silvia Tentindo
  • Simeon Bird
  • Simone Callegari
  • Sougato Bose
  • Spyridon Argyropoulos
  • Stefan Alaric Schäffer
  • Stefan Ulmer
  • Stephan Schiller
  • Steven Bass
  • Steven Worm
  • Sudhir Kumar Vempati
  • Surjeet Rajendran
  • Susan Gardner
  • Swapan Chattopadhyay
  • Swapan Chattopadhyay
  • Swapan Chattopadhyay
  • Tasneem Abdelmuhdi
  • Teodora Kirova
  • Themis Bowcock
  • Thomas Busch
  • Thomas Edwards
  • Tiffany Harte
  • Tim Freegarde
  • Tim Kovachy
  • Tim Kovachy
  • Tim Kovachy
  • Timothy Ballance
  • Timothy Sumner
  • Torsten Koettig
  • Tristan Valenzuela
  • Tristan Valenzuela
  • Upasna Chauhan
  • Val O'Shea
  • Valerie Gibson
  • Valerie Gibson
  • Valerie Gibson
  • Vasiliki Bolpasi
  • Vasiliki Bolpasi
  • Vassilis Charmandaris
  • Vincent Boyer
  • Vishnupriya Puthiya Veettil
  • VISHNUPRIYA PUTHIYA VEETTIL
  • Vitor Cardoso
  • Vladan Pavlovic
  • Vladimir Petrov
  • Vladimir Schkolnik
  • Vladimir Schkolnik
  • William Bowden
  • Wojciech Gawlik
  • Wolf von Klitzing
  • Wolf von Klitzing
  • Xavier Calmet
  • Xavier Calmet
  • Xinhao ZOU
  • Xinhao ZOU
  • Xuzong Chen
  • Xuzong Chen
  • Yanou Cui
  • Yanou Cui
  • Yeshpal Singh
  • Yiming Abulaiti
  • Yongho Jeong
  • Yotam Soreq
  • Youssef Abou El Neaj
  • Youssef Abou El Neaj
  • Yu-Hung Lien
  • Yu-Hung Lien
  • Yuiki Takahashi
  • Zachary Bogorad
  • Αlex Kehagias
    • 10:30
      Welcome Coffee 222/R-001

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    • 1
      Welcome and Introduction 222/R-001

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    • Towards Space: Review of Terrestrial Projects 222/R-001

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        The ZAIGA Experiment

        The Zhaoshan long-baseline Atom Interferometer Gravitation Antenna (ZAIGA) is an underground laser-linked interferometer facility under construction near Wuhan, China. It has an equilateral triangle configuration with two 1-km-apart atom interferometers in each arm, a 300-meter vertical tunnel equipped with an atom fountain and atomic clocks, and 1-km-arm-length optical clocks linked by locked lasers. It is designed for experimental research on gravitation and related problems including gravitational wave detection and high-precision tests of the equivalence principle.
        https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.09288.pdf

        Speaker: Mingsheng Zhan (Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics)
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        The MIGA Experiment:

        The Matter-wave laser Interferometric Gravitation Antenna (MIGA) Experiment aims at demonstrating precision measurements of gravity with cold atom sensors in a large-scale instrument and at studying associated applications in geosciences and fundamental physics. In particular, it will assess future potential applications of atom interferometry to gravitational wave detection in the mid-frequency band between 0.1 and 10 Hz, intermediate between LISA and LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA/INDIGO/ET. http://miga-project.org/.

        Speaker: Dylan O Sabulsky (Institut d'Optique d'Aquitaine)
    • 12:30
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    • Towards Space: Review of Terrestrial Projects 222/R-001

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        The MAGIA-Advanced Experiment

        The MAGIA-Advanced Experiment is a project funded by the Italian Ministry for Research and Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare for a large scale atom interferometer based on ultracold Rb and Sr atoms. In additions to lab R&D activity, the team is investigating the possibility of a 100-300 m atom interferometer to be installed in a vertical shaft on Sardinia island. Main goals are GW observation and search for DM.

        Speaker: Guglielmo Maria Tino (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)
      • 5
        The MAGIS Project

        The Matter-wave Atomic Gradiometer Interferometric Sensor (MAGIS) project in the US plans a series of interferometers using cold atoms with progressively increasing baselines of 10m, 100m, and 1km. The first step is funded and under construction at Stanford, the second step is being prepared at Fermilab, and the third step is planned for the Sanford Underground Research Facility. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1812.00482.pdf

        Speaker: Jonathon Coleman (Physics Dept, University of Liverpool)
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        The AION Project

        The UK Atom Interferometry Observatory and Network (AION) project in the UK proposes a series of atom interferometers with baselines of 10m, 100m, and 1km, similar to MAGIS. The first stage would be located in Oxford, with sites for the subsequent steps awaiting study. http://www.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/AION-Project/

        Speaker: Oliver Buchmuller (Imperial College (GB))
    • 15:15
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        The ELGAR Project

        ELGAR is a European initiative to build a terrestrial infrastructure for cold atoms for gravitational wave detection with potential applications also for dark matter. Configurations similar to MAGIS/AION are included in the proposal, and a White Paper about this infrastructure is being prepared [https://indico.obspm.fr/event/58/contributions/214/attachments/88/98/Slides-bouyer2018_06_21_MIGA_GDR.pdf]

        Speaker: Dylan O Sabulsky (Institut d'Optique d'Aquitaine)
      • 16:15
        Start of Space Mission Review -- continues on Day 2
      • 8
        The SAGE Mission

        The Space Atomic Gravity Explorer (SAGE) mission was proposed to the European Space Agency in 2016 in response to a Call for “New Ideas” (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/new-scientific-ideas). It has the scientific objective to investigate Gravitational Waves, Dark Matter, and other fundamental aspects of gravity as well as the connection between gravitational physics and quantum physics combining quantum sensing and quantum communication based on recent impressive advances in quantum technologies for atom interferometers, optical clocks, microwave and optical links.

        Speaker: Guglielmo Maria Tino (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)
      • 9
        Discussion and Preparation for Day 2
    • 10
      Co-signing community letter to ESA’s Director of Science, Guenther Hasinger 222-R-001

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      List of people co-signing the community letter to ESA’s Director of Science, Guenther Hasinger: Status 22/07/2021

    • Towards the White Paper: Other Relevant Space Missions 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr

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      • 09:15
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        Space Optical Clock mission
        Speaker: Stephan Schiller (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf)
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        The BECCAL Project

        The Bose-Einstein Condensate and Cold Atom Laboratory (BECCAL) is a bilateral project of NASA and DLR for a multi-purpose facility on the international space station, based in the heritage of drop tower (QUANTUS) and sounding rocket experiments (MAIUS). It will enable a variety of experiments in atom optics and atom interferometery to cover a broad spectrum ranging from fundamental physics to studies for applications in earth observation. It is intended as a pathfinder for future space missions:

        Speaker: Christian Schubert (Leibniz Universität Hannover)
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        The STE-QUEST Mission
        Speaker: Aurelien Hees (SYRTE - Paris Observatory)
    • White Paper: The Physics Case of AEDGE 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr

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    • Open Session - Closing 40-S2-B01

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      Convener: Jonathan R. Ellis (University of London (GB))
    • 12:50
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