Testing Fundamental Physics with Degenerate Quantum Gases in Microgravity

摘要

The realization of a Bose Einstein conden-sate in the Bremen drop tower as achieved by the QUANTUS collaboration in 2007 has added a new field to microgravity research: the study of freely evolving degenerate quantum gases at largely extended evolu-tion times. Here we give an outlook on some experi-ments that could be done with such ultra-cold quantum gases in this unique laboratory and on other micrograv-ity platforms to study fundamental physics questions. In particular we consider experiments that could employ the increased precision of matter wave interferometers in microgravity to search for low-energy phenomena of quantum gravity.