Combined Classical and Quantum Accelerometers For the Next Generation of Satellite Gravity Missions

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Autori principali: HosseiniArani, Alireza, Schilling, Manuel, Tennstedt, Benjamin, Kupriyanov, Alexey, Beaufils, Quentin, Knabe, Annike, Sreekantaiah, Arpetha C., Santos, Franck Pereira dos, Schön, Steffen, Müller, Jürgen
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author HosseiniArani, Alireza
Schilling, Manuel
Tennstedt, Benjamin
Kupriyanov, Alexey
Beaufils, Quentin
Knabe, Annike
Sreekantaiah, Arpetha C.
Santos, Franck Pereira dos
Schön, Steffen
Müller, Jürgen
author_facet HosseiniArani, Alireza
Schilling, Manuel
Tennstedt, Benjamin
Kupriyanov, Alexey
Beaufils, Quentin
Knabe, Annike
Sreekantaiah, Arpetha C.
Santos, Franck Pereira dos
Schön, Steffen
Müller, Jürgen
contents Cold atom interferometry (CAI)-based quantum accelerometers are very promising for future satellite gravity missions thanks to their strength in providing long-term stable and precise measurements of non-gravitational accelerations. However, their limitations due to the low measurement rate and the existence of ambiguities in the raw sensor measurements call for hybridization of the quantum accelerometer (Q-ACC) with a classical one (e.g., electrostatic) with higher bandwidth. While previous hybridization studies have so far considered simple noise models for the Q-ACC and neglected the impact of satellite rotation on the phase shift of the accelerometer, we perform here a more advanced hybridization simulation by implementing a comprehensive noise model for the satellite-based quantum accelerometers and considering the full impact of rotation, gravity gradient, and self-gravity on the instrument. We perform simulation studies for scenarios with different assumptions about quantum and classical sensors and satellite missions. The performance benefits of the hybrid solutions, taking the synergy of both classical and quantum accelerometers into account, will be quantified. We found that implementing a hybrid accelerometer onboard a future gravity mission improves the gravity solution by one to two orders in lower and higher degrees. In particular, the produced global gravity field maps show a drastic reduction in the instrumental contribution to the striping effect after introducing measurements from the hybrid accelerometers.
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spellingShingle Combined Classical and Quantum Accelerometers For the Next Generation of Satellite Gravity Missions
HosseiniArani, Alireza
Schilling, Manuel
Tennstedt, Benjamin
Kupriyanov, Alexey
Beaufils, Quentin
Knabe, Annike
Sreekantaiah, Arpetha C.
Santos, Franck Pereira dos
Schön, Steffen
Müller, Jürgen
Instrumentation and Detectors
Space Physics
Quantum Physics
Cold atom interferometry (CAI)-based quantum accelerometers are very promising for future satellite gravity missions thanks to their strength in providing long-term stable and precise measurements of non-gravitational accelerations. However, their limitations due to the low measurement rate and the existence of ambiguities in the raw sensor measurements call for hybridization of the quantum accelerometer (Q-ACC) with a classical one (e.g., electrostatic) with higher bandwidth. While previous hybridization studies have so far considered simple noise models for the Q-ACC and neglected the impact of satellite rotation on the phase shift of the accelerometer, we perform here a more advanced hybridization simulation by implementing a comprehensive noise model for the satellite-based quantum accelerometers and considering the full impact of rotation, gravity gradient, and self-gravity on the instrument. We perform simulation studies for scenarios with different assumptions about quantum and classical sensors and satellite missions. The performance benefits of the hybrid solutions, taking the synergy of both classical and quantum accelerometers into account, will be quantified. We found that implementing a hybrid accelerometer onboard a future gravity mission improves the gravity solution by one to two orders in lower and higher degrees. In particular, the produced global gravity field maps show a drastic reduction in the instrumental contribution to the striping effect after introducing measurements from the hybrid accelerometers.
title Combined Classical and Quantum Accelerometers For the Next Generation of Satellite Gravity Missions
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
Space Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.11259