TY - JOUR
AU - Vladimir Schkolnik
AU - Dmitry Budker
AU - Oliver Fartmann
AU - Victor Flambaum
AU - Leo Hollberg
AU - Tigran Kalaydzhyan
AU - Shimon Kolkowitz
AU - Markus Krutzik
AU - AndrewLudlow
AU - NathanNewbury
AU - Christoph Pyrlik
AU - Laura Sinclair
AU - Yevgeny Stadnik
AU - Ingmari Tietje
AU - Jun Ye
AU - Jason Williams
AB - <p><jats:p>We present a concept for a high-precision optical atomic clock (OAC) operating on an Earth-orbiting space station. This pathfinder science mission will compare the space-based OAC with one or more ultra-stable terrestrial OACs to search for space-time-dependent signatures of dark scalar fields that manifest as anomalies in the relative frequencies of station-based and ground-based clocks. This opens the possibility of probing models of new physics that are inaccessible to purely ground-based OAC experiments where a dark scalar field may potentially be strongly screened near Earth’s surface. This unique enhancement of sensitivity to potential dark matter candidates harnesses the potential of space-based OACs.</jats:p></p>

BT - Quantum Science and Technology
DA - 2023-01
DO - 10.1088/2058-9565/ac9f2b
IS - 1
N2 - <p><jats:p>We present a concept for a high-precision optical atomic clock (OAC) operating on an Earth-orbiting space station. This pathfinder science mission will compare the space-based OAC with one or more ultra-stable terrestrial OACs to search for space-time-dependent signatures of dark scalar fields that manifest as anomalies in the relative frequencies of station-based and ground-based clocks. This opens the possibility of probing models of new physics that are inaccessible to purely ground-based OAC experiments where a dark scalar field may potentially be strongly screened near Earth’s surface. This unique enhancement of sensitivity to potential dark matter candidates harnesses the potential of space-based OACs.</jats:p></p>

PY - 2023
EP - 014003
T2 - Quantum Science and Technology
TI - Optical atomic clock aboard an Earth-orbiting space station (OACESS): enhancing searches for physics beyond the standard model in space
UR - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-9565/ac9f2b/meta
VL - 8
SN - 2058-9565
ER -