A comparison between matter wave and light wave interferometers for the detection of gravitational waves
Pac\^ome Delva (LERMA), Marie-Christine Angonin (LERMA), Philippe, Tourrenc (LERMA)
TL;DR
This paper compares matter wave and light wave interferometers in their ability to detect gravitational waves, finding matter wave devices are less competitive for high frequencies but promising for very low frequency detection.
Contribution
It provides a detailed comparison of the responses of matter and light wave interferometers to gravitational waves, highlighting their respective strengths and limitations.
Findings
Matter wave interferometers are less effective than light wave ones for kilometric gravitational wave detection.
Matter wave interferometers could be suitable for detecting very low frequency gravitational waves.
Light wave interferometers like LIGO and Virgo remain more effective for high-frequency gravitational wave detection.
Abstract
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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