EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF A HIGH ACCURACY TEST OF THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE WITH THE SMALL SATELLITE "GALILEO GALILEI"

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (12a) ◽  
pp. 2259-2270 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNA M. NOBILI ◽  
GIAN LUCA COMANDI ◽  
SURESH DORAVARI ◽  
FRANCESCO MACCARRONE ◽  
DONATO BRAMANTI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Equivalence Principle ◽  
Symmetry Axis ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Momentum Conservation ◽  
Small Satellite ◽  
Orbit Plane ◽  
Galileo Galilei ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Accuracy Test ◽  
Weakly Coupled

The small satellite "Galileo Galilei" (GG) has been designed to test the equivalence principle (EP) to 10-17 with a total mass at launch of 250 kg. The key instrument is a differential accelerometer made up of weakly coupled coaxial, concentric test cylinders rapidly spinning around the symmetry axis and sensitive in the plane perpendicular to it, lying at a small inclination from the orbit plane. The whole spacecraft spins around the same symmetry axis so as to be passively stabilized. The test masses are large (10 kg each, to reduce thermal noise), their coupling is very weak (for high sensitivity to differential effects), and rotation is fast (for high frequency modulation of the signal). A 1 g version of the accelerometer ("Galileo Galilei on the Ground" — GGG) has been built to the full scale — except for coupling, which cannot be as weak as in the absence of weight, and a motor to maintain rotation (not needed in space due to angular momentum conservation). GGG has proved: (i) high Q; (ii) auto-centering and long term stability; (iii) a sensitivity to EP testing which is close to the target sensitivity of the GG experiment provided that the physical properties of the experiment in space are going to be fully exploited.

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF A HIGH ACCURACY TEST OF THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE WITH THE SMALL SATELLITE “GALILEO GALILEI”

2009 ◽  
pp. 387-398
Author(s):  
ANNA M. NOBILI ◽  
GIAN LUCA COMANDI ◽  
SURESH DORAVARI ◽  
FRANCESCO MACCARRONE ◽  
DONATO BRAMANTI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Equivalence Principle ◽  
Experimental Validation ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
Small Satellite ◽  
Galileo Galilei ◽  
Accuracy Test

scholarly journals “Galileo Galilei” (GG) a small satellite to test the equivalence principle of Galileo, Newton and Einstein

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 689-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna M. Nobili ◽  
Gian Luca Comandi ◽  
Suresh Doravari ◽  
Donato Bramanti ◽  
Rajeev Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Equivalence Principle ◽  
Small Satellite ◽  
Galileo Galilei

`Galileo Galilei' (GG) small-satellite project: an alternative to the torsion balance for testing the equivalence principle on Earth and in space

2000 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 2347-2349 ◽  
Author(s):  
A M Nobili ◽  
D Bramanti ◽  
E Polacco ◽  
I W Roxburgh ◽  
G Comandi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Equivalence Principle ◽  
Torsion Balance ◽  
Small Satellite ◽  
Galileo Galilei

scholarly journals Neutrino oscillation constraints on U(1)′ models: from non-standard interactions to long-range forces

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Coloma ◽  
M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia ◽  
Michele Maltoni
Keyword(s):  
Contact Interaction ◽  
Equivalence Principle ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Global Analysis ◽  
Gauge Bosons ◽  
Lepton Flavor ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Oscillation Analysis ◽  
Weakly Coupled ◽  
Effective Contact

Abstract We quantify the effect of gauge bosons from a weakly coupled lepton flavor dependent U(1)′ interaction on the matter background in the evolution of solar, atmospheric, reactor and long-baseline accelerator neutrinos in the global analysis of oscillation data. The analysis is performed for interaction lengths ranging from the Sun-Earth distance to effective contact neutrino interactions. We survey ∼ 10000 set of models characterized by the six relevant fermion U(1)′ charges and find that in all cases, constraints on the coupling and mass of the Z′ can be derived. We also find that about 5% of the U(1)′ model charges lead to a viable LMA-D solution but this is only possible in the contact interaction limit. We explicitly quantify the constraints for a variety of models including $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{B-3{L}_e} $$ U 1 B − 3 L e , $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{B-3{L}_{\mu }} $$ U 1 B − 3 L μ , $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{B-3{L}_{\tau }} $$ U 1 B − 3 L τ , $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{B-\frac{3}{2}\left({L}_{\mu }+{L}_{\tau}\right)} $$ U 1 B − 3 2 L μ + L τ , $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{L_e-{L}_{\mu }} $$ U 1 L e − L μ , $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{L_e-{L}_{\tau }} $$ U 1 L e − L τ , $$ \mathrm{U}{(1)}_{L_e-\frac{1}{2}\left({L}_{\mu }+{L}_{\tau}\right)} $$ U 1 L e − 1 2 L μ + L τ . We compare the constraints imposed by our oscillation analysis with the strongest bounds from fifth force searches, violation of equivalence principle as well as bounds from scattering experiments and white dwarf cooling. Our results show that generically, the oscillation analysis improves over the existing bounds from gravity tests for Z′ lighter than ∼ 10−8→ 10−11 eV depending on the specific couplings. In the contact interaction limit, we find that for most models listed above there are values of g′ and MZ′ for which the oscillation analysis provides constraints beyond those imposed by laboratory experiments. Finally we illustrate the range of Z′ and couplings leading to a viable LMA-D solution for two sets of models.

High-performance humidity sensors from Ni(SO4)0.3(OH)1.4 nanobelts

Nanoscale ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 6521-6525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Zhuo ◽  
Yuejiao Chen ◽  
Tao Fu ◽  
Haonan Zhang ◽  
Zhi Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Humidity Sensor ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Humidity Sensors ◽  
Term Stability ◽  
Long Term Stability

Ni(SO4)0.3(OH)1.4 nanobelts are utilized in a humidity sensor by a facile method. The nanobelt based sensor shows a high sensitivity, fast response and long-term stability in the sensing process.

scholarly journals Fabrication of Transition-metal (Zn, Mn, Cu)-based MOFs as Efficient Sensor Materials for Detection of H2 Gas by Clad Modified Fiber Optic Gas Sensor Technique

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Nagoor Meeran ◽  
S.P. Saravanan ◽  
H.H Hegazy
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Gas Sensing ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Sensing Material ◽  
Sensor Technique ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
Elevated Surface

Abstract Recent research demonstrate that promising gas sensing materials are called metal-organic structures (MOFs) and their products due to their tunable form, elevated surface area, and extremely porous structure and physisorption towards gases with relatively low temperature.In this report, recent developments in transition-metal (Zn, Mn, Cu)-based MOFs and their derivatives are synthesized as sensing materials. The sensors samples were analyzed by XRD, SEM, TEM, BET and XPS in order to know the textural, structural and electronic state of the samples. Fiber optic clad modified sensors were fabricated and tested gas sensing properties towards H2 gas with various concentrations (0-1000 ppm). Among the three sensing material, Zn doped MOFs sensor showed outstanding selectivity with high sensitivity (115 counts/kpa) towards H2 gas. Moreover, it has shown high response (20 s) and recovery time (27 s) as well as long term stability. The designed sensors may be required to apply to the production of an outstanding sensor for H2 for commercial uses.

Synthesis of Trilaminar Core–Shell Au/α-Fe2O3@SnO2Nanocomposites and their Application for Nonenzymatic Dopamine Electrochemical Sensing

NANO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 1950138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sai Zhang ◽  
Shijun Yue ◽  
Jiajia Li ◽  
Jianbin Zheng ◽  
Guojie Gao
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Electrochemical Sensing ◽  
Synthesis Process ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Transmission Electron

Au nanoparticles anchored on core–shell [Formula: see text]-Fe2O3@SnO2 nanospindles were successfully constructed through hydrothermal synthesis process and used for fabricating a novel nonenzymatic dopamine (DA) sensor. The structure and morphology of the Au/[Formula: see text]-Fe2O3@SnO2 trilaminar nanohybrid film were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The electrochemical properties of the sensor were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and amperometry. The experimental results suggest that the composites have excellent catalytic property toward DA with a wide linear range from 0.5[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]M to 0.47[Formula: see text]mM, a low detection limit of 0.17[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]M (S/[Formula: see text]) and high sensitivity of 397.1[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]A[Formula: see text]mM[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]cm[Formula: see text]. In addition, the sensor exhibits long-term stability, good reproducibility and anti-interference.

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