Atom interferometry to probe dark matter, gravitational waves and fundamental physics. Managed by @UltracoldTiff. instagram.com/aion_science/

Joined October 2021
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AION will use #ColdAtoms to create a detector for #DarkMatter, #GravitationalWaves and tests of fundamental physics. We're combining researcher communities from atomic, high energy and astroparticle physics. Check out our paper doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/20โ€ฆ or find out more below ๐Ÿงต

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AION team members (past and present!) from almost all our cold atom labs have had a great time at @icap2024 this week!
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There's too much going on in our research teams to cover in our consortium meeting discussion sessions - so for the first time we've had a poster session for our students and postdocs to showcase their projects! Congratulations to poster prize winner Ollie from @unibirmingham!
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Last week we met up in Birmingham for our most recent consortium meeting! We had an interesting three days discussing experiment updates, and sharing ideas and future plans. Thanks to all who joined, especially our guest speakers and the organisers from the @unibirmingham team!
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Last month the international long baseline #AtomInterferometry community came together for a fantastic workshop discussing recent progress and technical challenges. Take a look at the posters that some of our students and postdocs presented on their work! ๐Ÿงต
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From @LivUni @livuniphysics Leonie Hawkins presented her PhD work on atom interferometry with Rubidium-85, and Kamran Hussain (joint with @RAL_Space_STFC) showed progress towards interferometry with ultrcold strontium, including laser stabilissation and precision optics.
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Unfortunately we didn't get a photo of John Carlton's excellent poster on the characterisation of gravity gradient noise and its impact on atom interferometry!
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Our experimental teams recently enjoyed a training week learning how to use our ARTIQ experiment control systems, sharing ideas online as they tackled the exercises throughout the days. Thanks to Charles Baynham @ImperialPhysics for organising! @M_Labs_Ltd
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Edit: learning how to use our experiment control systems in the most effective way! Our labs have been using ARTIQ for a while but one of our goals is to have a streamlined approach to experiment control where we can easily share sequences between labs!
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AION atom interferometry detector retweeted
3โƒฃ "Charting New Frontiers in Dark Matter Detection with Atom Interferometry", supervised by @C_McCabe1 @KingsEPAP and Mark Bason @RAL_Space_STFC ๐Ÿฅณ You'd join the @AION_Science collaboration as they develop an ultra-sensitive atom interferometer to search for #DarkMatter. ๐Ÿ”Ž
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We recently had our latest consortium meeting, this time hosted by our @RAL_Space_STFC team at the beautiful Cosener's House in Abingdon. We enjoyed three days of technical discussions and updates on everyone's progress!
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AION atom interferometry detector retweeted
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Let's talk about gravitational waves and noise. Yes, why not? @PPD_STFC @UltracoldAnna @AION_Science @qqq_iop
โš›๏ธ On 13 November, @rutherfordaplab is hosting researchers from light and atom interferometry communities to discuss noise sources relevant to the detection of fundamental physics processes, such as gravitational waves. More info and registration here ๐Ÿ‘‰ indico.stfc.ac.uk/event/910/โ€ฆ
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Looks a fantastic workshop, weโ€™ll be there!
โš›๏ธ On 13 November, @rutherfordaplab is hosting researchers from light and atom interferometry communities to discuss noise sources relevant to the detection of fundamental physics processes, such as gravitational waves. More info and registration here ๐Ÿ‘‰ indico.stfc.ac.uk/event/910/โ€ฆ
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AION atom interferometry detector retweeted
A day in the life of one of our students building an #AtomInterferometer in our @AION_Science lab!
What does a day in the life of a PhD student at #Cambridge look like? Get an insider look with Michael Hsu Chung Chuan, Cavendish PhD student in Atomic Mesoscopic and Optical Physics! ๐ŸŽ“ @Cambridge_Uni @CaMBQD #Physics #Research
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AION atom interferometry detector retweeted
โš›๏ธ Calling all #ColdAtoms physicists and #QuantumOptics experts! Our #QuantumSensors group have exciting opportunities for scientists to join their team, which is expanding to further develop space applications of #quantum technologies. It's an exciting time to get involved! ๐Ÿ‘‡
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