A comparison between matter wave and light wave interferometers for the detection of gravitational waves

We calculate and compare the response of light wave interferometers and matter wave interferometers to gravitational waves. We find that metric matter wave interferometers will not challenge kilometric light wave interferometers such as Virgo or LIGO, but could be a good candidate for the detection of very low frequency gravitational waves.

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Source ISSN: 0375-9601
Author Delva, Pacôme, Angonin, Marie-Christine, Tourrenc, Philippe
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 5, 2026, 20:09 (UTC)
Created May 5, 2026, 20:09 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00096697
Language en
Rights https://about.hal.science/hal-authorisation-v1/
contributor Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA) ; École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) ; Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP) ; Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Delva, Pacôme
date 2006-05-05T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
metadata_modified 2026-03-09T00:00:00
relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/gr-qc/0609075
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