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arxiv: 1904.07096 · v2 · pith:7YDIU4FPnew · submitted 2019-04-15 · 🪐 quant-ph · gr-qc· physics.atom-ph

United test of the equivalence principle at 10⁻¹⁰ level using mass and internal energy specified atoms

classification 🪐 quant-ph gr-qcphysics.atom-ph
keywords atomsmasstestangularatomemphenergyequivalence
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We use both mass and internal energy specified rubidium atoms to jointly test the weak equivalence principle (WEP). We improve the four-wave double-diffraction Raman transition method (FWDR) we proposed before to select atoms with certain mass and angular momentum state, and perform dual-species atom interferometer. By combining $^{87}$Rb and $^{85}$Rb atoms with different angular momenta, we compare the differential gravitational acceleration of them, and determine the value of E\"{o}tv\"{o}s parameter, $\eta$, which measures the strength of the violation of WEP. For one case ($^{87}$Rb$|\emph{F}=1\rangle$ - $^{85}$Rb$|\emph{F}=2\rangle$),the statistical uncertainty of $\eta$ is $1.8 \times 10^{-10}$ at integration time of 8960 s. With various systematic errors correction, the final value is $\eta=(-4.4 \pm 6.7) \times 10^{-10}$. Comparing with the previous WEP test experiments using atoms, this work gives a new upper limit of WEP violation for $^{87}$Rb and $^{85}$Rb atom pairs.

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