Geophysical survey based on Hybrid Gravimetry using Relative Measurements and an Atomic Gravimeter as an Absolute Reference

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Auteurs principaux: Shettell, Nathan, Lee, Kai Sheng, Oon, Fong En, Maksimova, Elizaveta, Hufnagel, Christoph, Wei, Shengji, Dumke, Rainer
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author Shettell, Nathan
Lee, Kai Sheng
Oon, Fong En
Maksimova, Elizaveta
Hufnagel, Christoph
Wei, Shengji
Dumke, Rainer
author_facet Shettell, Nathan
Lee, Kai Sheng
Oon, Fong En
Maksimova, Elizaveta
Hufnagel, Christoph
Wei, Shengji
Dumke, Rainer
contents Gravimetry is a versatile metrological approach in geophysics to accurately map subterranean mass and density anomalies. There is a broad diversification regarding the working principle of gravimeters, wherein atomic gravimeters are one of the most technologically progressive class of gravimeters which can monitor gravity at an absolute scale with a high-repetition without exhibiting drift. Despite the apparent utility for geophysical surveys, atomic gravimeters are (currently) laboratory-bound devices due to the vexatious task of transportation. Here, we demonstrated the utility of an atomic gravimeter on-site during a gravity survey, where the issue of immobility was circumvented with a relative spring gravimeter. The atomic gravimeter served as a means to map the relative data from the spring gravimeter to an absolute measurement with an effective precision of 7.7$μ$Gal. Absolute measurements provide a robust and feasible method to define and control gravity data taken at different sites, or a later date, which is critical to analyze underground geological units, in particular when it is combined with other geophysical approaches.
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spellingShingle Geophysical survey based on Hybrid Gravimetry using Relative Measurements and an Atomic Gravimeter as an Absolute Reference
Shettell, Nathan
Lee, Kai Sheng
Oon, Fong En
Maksimova, Elizaveta
Hufnagel, Christoph
Wei, Shengji
Dumke, Rainer
Atomic Physics
Geophysics
Gravimetry is a versatile metrological approach in geophysics to accurately map subterranean mass and density anomalies. There is a broad diversification regarding the working principle of gravimeters, wherein atomic gravimeters are one of the most technologically progressive class of gravimeters which can monitor gravity at an absolute scale with a high-repetition without exhibiting drift. Despite the apparent utility for geophysical surveys, atomic gravimeters are (currently) laboratory-bound devices due to the vexatious task of transportation. Here, we demonstrated the utility of an atomic gravimeter on-site during a gravity survey, where the issue of immobility was circumvented with a relative spring gravimeter. The atomic gravimeter served as a means to map the relative data from the spring gravimeter to an absolute measurement with an effective precision of 7.7$μ$Gal. Absolute measurements provide a robust and feasible method to define and control gravity data taken at different sites, or a later date, which is critical to analyze underground geological units, in particular when it is combined with other geophysical approaches.
title Geophysical survey based on Hybrid Gravimetry using Relative Measurements and an Atomic Gravimeter as an Absolute Reference
topic Atomic Physics
Geophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.00415