AEDGE: Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space
Yousef Abou El-Neaj, C. Alpigiani, Sana Amairi‐Pyka, H. M. Araújo, Antun Balaž, Angelo Bassi, L. Bathe-Peters, Baptiste Battelier, A. Belić, Elliot Bentine, J. Bernabéu, Andréa Bertoldi, Robert Bingham, Diego Blas, Vasiliki Bolpasi, Kai Bongs, Sougato Bose, Philippe Bouyer, T. J. V. Bowcock, William Bowden, O. L. Buchmueller, Clare Burrage, Xavier Calmet, B. Canuel, Laurentiu-Ioan Caramete, Andrew T. Carroll, G. Cella, V. Charmandaris, Swapan Chattopadhyay, Xuzong Chen, Maria Luisa Chiofalo, J. P. Coleman, J. P. Cotter, Yanou Cui, Andrei Derevianko, Albert De Roeck, Goran S. Djordjević, P.J. Dornan, Michael Doser, Ioannis Drougkakis, Jacob Dunningham, I. Duţan, Sajan Easo, Gedminas Elertas, John Ellis, Mai El Sawy, F. Fassi, Daniel Felea, Chen-Hao Feng, R. Flack, C. J. Foot, Ivette Fuentes, Naceur Gaaloul, A. Gauguet, Rémi Geiger, V. Gibson, Gian F. Giudice, J. Goldwin, O. Grachov, Peter W. Graham, Dario Grasso, Maurits van der Grinten, Mustafa Gündoğan, Martin G. Haehnelt, Tiffany Harte, Aurélien Hees, Richard Hobson, Jason M. Hogan, Bodil Holst, Michael Holynski, Mark A. Kasevich, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Wolf von Klitzing, Tim Kovachy, B. Krikler, Markus Krutzik, Marek Lewicki, Yu-Hung Lien, M. Liu, Giuseppe Gaetano Luciano, A. Magnon, M. A. Mahmoud, Sarah Malik, Christopher McCabe, Jeremiah Mitchell, Julia Pahl, Debapriya Pal, Saurabh Pandey, D. G. Papazoglou, Mauro Paternostro, B. Penning, Achim Peters, M. Prevedelli, Vishnupriya Puthiya-Veettil, J. J. Quenby, Ernst M. Rasel, Sean Ravenhall, Jack Ringwood, Albert Roura, Dylan O. Sabulsky
Abstract
Abstract We propose in this White Paper a concept for a space experiment using cold atoms to search for ultra-light dark matter, and to detect gravitational waves in the frequency range between the most sensitive ranges of LISA and the terrestrial LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA/INDIGO experiments. This interdisciplinary experiment, called Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration (AEDGE), will also complement other planned searches for dark matter, and exploit synergies with other gravitational wave detectors. We give examples of the extended range of sensitivity to ultra-light dark matter offered by AEDGE, and how its gravitational-wave measurements could explore the assembly of super-massive black holes, first-order phase transitions in the early universe and cosmic strings. AEDGE will be based upon technologies now being developed for terrestrial experiments using cold atoms, and will benefit from the space experience obtained with, e.g., LISA and cold atom experiments in microgravity. KCL-PH-TH/2019-65, CERN-TH-2019-126