Atoms detect spacetime ripples! Swipe →
Ultra-cold atoms used as detectors! Physics revolution!
No lasers in tunnels. Uses quantum behavior of atoms!
Detects variations smaller than a proton diameter!
Captures waves LIGO can't. Intermediate frequency range!
100m tower at Fermilab. Atoms in free fall!
Published in Nature Physics. Milestone for cosmology!
Details of the revolutionary discovery!