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Orientational atom interferometers sensitive to gravitational waves

We present an atom interferometer that differs from common atom interferometers as it is not based on the spatial splitting of electronic wave functions, but on orienting atoms in space. As an example we present how an orientational atom interferometer based on highly charged hydrogen-like atoms is...

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Published in:	Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2010-02, Vol.81 (2), Article 023621
Main Authors:	Lorek, Dennis, Lämmerzahl, Claus, Wicht, Andreas
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