{"id":201321,"date":"2024-12-12T01:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/advanced-atom-interferometer-could-help-with-the-embarrassing-problem-of-dark-matter"},"modified":"2024-12-12T01:28:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:28:02","slug":"advanced-atom-interferometer-could-help-with-the-embarrassing-problem-of-dark-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/advanced-atom-interferometer-could-help-with-the-embarrassing-problem-of-dark-matter","title":{"rendered":"Advanced atom interferometer could help with \u2018the embarrassing problem\u2019 of dark matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/advanced-atom-interferometer-could-help-with-the-embarrassing-problem-of-dark-matter2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Assuming dark matter exists, its interactions with ordinary matter are so subtle that even the most sensitive instruments cannot detect them. In a new study, Northwestern University physicists now introduce a highly sensitive new tool, which amplifies incredibly faint signals by 1,000 times\u2014a 50-fold improvement over what was previously possible.<\/p>\n<p>Called an atom interferometer, the incredibly precise tool manipulates atoms with light to measure exceptionally tiny forces. But, unlike other atom interferometers, which are limited by the imperfections in the light itself, the new tool self-corrects for these imperfections to reach record-breaking levels of precision.<\/p>\n<p>By boosting imperceptible signals to perceptible levels, the technological advance could help scientists who are hunting for ultra-weak forces emitted from a variety of evasive phenomena, including <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/dark+matter\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">dark matter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/dark+energy\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">dark energy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/gravitational+waves\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">gravitational waves<\/a> in unexplored frequency ranges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assuming dark matter exists, its interactions with ordinary matter are so subtle that even the most sensitive instruments cannot detect them. In a new study, Northwestern University physicists now introduce a highly sensitive new tool, which amplifies incredibly faint signals by 1,000 times\u2014a 50-fold improvement over what was previously possible. Called an atom interferometer, the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmology","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}