28 April 2019 to 3 May 2019
Club Hotel Marina Beach
Europe/Rome timezone
Vacuum Fluctuations at Nanoscale and Gravitation: theory and experiments

The Archimedes Experiment

Not scheduled
15m
Club Hotel Marina Beach

Club Hotel Marina Beach

Via del Mare s.n.c., 08028, Orosei, NU

Speaker

Dr Valentina Mangano (Univ. of Rome, Sapienza)

Description

Archimedes is an experiment conceived to shed light on one of the most intriguing topics of the modern physics: the interaction between the gravitational field and the vacuum fluctuations. The experiment will measure the force exerted by the gravitational field on a Casimir cavity, whose vacuum energy is modulated with a superconductive transition, by using a balance as a small force detector. Archimedes is an INFN six-year project that will be installed in the SARGRAV laboratory placed in an old mine located the Sardinia italian region. This site is characterized by a very low seismic noise so it is the ideal environment for null force experiments and for third-generation gravitational waves interferometers like ET.

Primary author

Dr Valentina Mangano (Univ. of Rome, Sapienza)

Co-author

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