MAGIA
Collaboration:
Laboratory: European Lab. for Non-Linear Spectroscopy - LENS (Firenze)
National Responsible: G. Tino (Firenze)
1. Goal of the experiment
Measurement of the Gravitational Constant G with a new method based on atomic interferometry .
2.
Activities during 2001
The proposal of this new experiment has been approved for initiating the activity in the Year 2002
Milestones 2002
The activity in the Year 2002 is based on the setup of the different components of the experimental apparatus and on their initial characterization, according to the following milestones:
Construction of the vacuum system and of laser source setup | 1-04-2002 |
Construction of the system with two lasers phase locked and amplified | 1-08-2002 |
Preliminary characterization of the atomic interferometer | 1-12-2002 |
3. INFN contribution in terms of manpower and financial support.
Manpower: 6 physicists (3.6 FTE), 2 technicians (0.6 FTE)
Budget for the Year 2002: 51 kEuro
4. Number of publications in refereed journals:
New experiment
5. Conference talks:
New experiment
6. Number of undergraduate and doctoral thesis.
7. Leadership role and major responsibilities in the experiment.
8. Innovative instruments
9. Competing experiments.
10. International Committee which has reviewed the experiment