Hannover 2020 – scientific programme
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A: Fachverband Atomphysik
A 28: Poster Session - Atomic Physics IV
A 28.9: Poster
Thursday, March 12, 2020, 16:00–18:00, Empore Lichthof
The Bose-Einstein and Cold Atom Laboratory (BECCAL) for the ISS — •Kai Frye1, Tom-Marvin Rathmann1, Daniel Röckrath1, Hemanth Kalathur1, Dennis Becker1, Christian Schubert1, Waldemar Herr1, Sven Abend1, Thijs Wendrich1, Ernst Rasel1, and BECCAL Team1,2,3,4,5,6 — 1Leibniz University Hannover — 2University Ulm — 3FBH Berlin — 4Humboldt University Berlin — 5Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz — 6ZARM, University Bremen
Microgravity enables a long free fall of matter waves and eliminates the gravitational sag in traps for atoms. An in-orbit accommodation for microgravity experiments is provided by the International Space Stations.
We present the multi-user and -purpose facility Bose-Einstein Condensate and Cold Atom Laboratory (BECCAL), a joint DLR and NASA project. This apparatus opens up a vast variety of experiments on atom interferometry, atom optics, physics of quantum degenerate gases and their mixtures. These experiments will be a stepping stone for future missions advancing quantum technology for space.
The scientific capabilities and the design of the physics package subsystem as well as our solutions to the constraints set by an accommodation aboard the International Space Station and our approach to establish a multi-user facility is presented.
The BECCAL project is supported by the DLR with funds by the BMWi under grant numbers 50 WP 1431 and 1700. We acknowledge support by QuantumFrontiers under grant number EXC-2123.