Testing Fundamental Properties of Space with the Fermilab Holometer

11th International LISA Symposium

Kamai, Brittany^1,2

California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Ave., Pasadena

CA

91125, United States^1

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia

MS

60510, United States^2

关键词: Fermi national accelerator laboratories;    Frequency ranges;    Fully operational;    Fundamental properties;    Length measurement;    Planck scale;    Quality data;    Research programs;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/840/1/012055/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/840/1/012055

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Precision length measurements provide valuable insights about the fundamental properties of space-time. The Holometer is a research program to both experimentally probe signatures of the Planck scale and to extend the accessible frequency range from kHz up to MHz for gravitational wave searches. The instrument consists of separate yet identical 39-meter Michelson interferometers operated at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, which can reach length sensitivities better than within the 1-10 MHz frequency range. The Holometer is fully operational with 130 of hours of science quality data obtained during the first observational campaign.