2023 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2023

Session

M-HERZ Herzberg Memorial Public Lecture | Conférence publique commémorative Herzberg

M-HERZ

19 Jun 2023, 19:30

University of New Brunswick

Conveners

M-HERZ Herzberg Memorial Public Lecture | Conférence publique commémorative Herzberg

• William Whelan

3985. Gravitational Physics with Atom Interferometry

Dr Mark Kasevich (Stanford University)

19/06/2023, 19:30

Herzberg Public and Plenary Talks / Conférenciers des sessions Herzberg et plénières

Plenary Speaker / Conférencier(ère) plénier(ère)

The notion of wave-particle duality is fundamental in the quantum mechanical description of matter. This duality asserts that matter sometimes behaves like a particle and sometimes behaves like a wave, called de Broglie waves. Recent advances in methods to coherently manipulate de Broglie waves of atoms have enabled a new generation of atom interferometers with unique capability to address...