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AIP conference proceedings

Atom interferometry: Principles and applications to fundamental physics

R. Delhuille

Published Jan 1, 2001• 0 citations
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Abstract

The first part of this contribution presents an overview of atom interferometry. In a second part, we discuss in greater details the sensitivity of such experiments to weak perturbations and their application to direct test of the electric neutrality of atoms with extreme precision.
DOI
10.1063/1.1374984

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