Geophysics from terrestrial time‐variable gravity measurements

M Van Camp, O de Viron, A Watlet… - Reviews of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In a context of global change and increasing anthropic pressure on the environment,
monitoring the Earth system and its evolution has become one of the key missions of …

Gravity measurements below 10−9g with a transportable absolute quantum gravimeter

V Ménoret, P Vermeulen, N Le Moigne, S Bonvalot… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Gravimetry is a well-established technique for the determination of sub-surface mass
distribution needed in several fields of geoscience, and various types of gravimeters have …

High-accuracy inertial measurements with cold-atom sensors

R Geiger, A Landragin, S Merlet… - AVS Quantum …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The research on cold-atom interferometers gathers a large community of about 50 groups
worldwide both in the academic and now in the industrial sectors. The interest in this sub …

Stability comparison of two absolute gravimeters: optical versus atomic interferometers

P Gillot, O Francis, A Landragin, FP Dos Santos… - Metrologia, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the direct comparison between the stabilities of two mobile absolute gravimeters
of different technology: the LNE-SYRTE Cold Atom Gravimeter (CAG) and FG5X# 216 of the …

Improving the accuracy of atom interferometers with ultracold sources

R Karcher, A Imanaliev, S Merlet… - New Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the implementation of ultracold atoms as a source in a state of the art atom
gravimeter. We perform gravity measurements with 10 nm s− 2 statistical uncertainties in a …

A determination of the Planck constant using the LNE Kibble balance in air

M Thomas, D Ziane, P Pinot, R Karcher, A Imanaliev… - Metrologia, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
A determination of the Planck constant h using the LNE Kibble balance in air was carried out
in the spring of 2017. Substantial improvements since 2014, chiefly related to the mass …

Underground operation at best sensitivity of the mobile LNE-SYRTE cold atom gravimeter

T Farah, C Guerlin, A Landragin, P Bouyer… - Gyroscopy and …, 2014 - Springer
Low noise underground environments offer conditions allowing assessment of ultimate
performance of high sensitivity sensors such as accelerometers, gyrometers …

Metrology with atom interferometry: inertial sensors from laboratory to field applications

B Fang, I Dutta, P Gillot, D Savoie… - Journal of Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Developments in atom interferometry have led to atomic inertial sensors with extremely high
sensitivity. Their performances are for the moment limited by the ground vibrations, the …

Postglacial gravity change in Fennoscandia—three decades of repeated absolute gravity observations

PA Olsson, K Breili, V Ophaug, H Steffen… - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
For the first time, we present a complete, processed compilation of all repeated absolute
gravity (AG) observations in the Fennoscandian postglacial land uplift area and assess their …

[HTML][HTML] First evaluation of an absolute quantum gravimeter (AQG# B01) for future field experiments

AK Cooke, C Champollion… - … , Methods and Data …, 2021 - gi.copernicus.org
Quantum gravimeters are a promising new development allowing for continuous absolute
gravity monitoring while remaining user-friendly and transportable. In this study, we present …