TerraQ will direct the investigation and application of the three measurement techniques

1. ultraprecise laser interferometry,
2. atomic interferometry, and
3. ultra-precise optical clocks connected by optical links towards an integrated gravity monitoring pursuing the following three core goals.

More about the TerraQ mission

• A01 - Quantum Gravimetry
• A02 - Gravity Sensing with Very Long Baseline Atom Interferometry
• A03 - Chip scale Quantum Sensor
• A04 - Optical Clocks for Chronometric Levelling
• A05 - Interferometric Fibre Links

• B01 - New Measurement Concepts with Laser Interferometers
• B02 - Multi-Purpose Space Mission Simulator
• B03 - Optical Design Methods for Low-Noise Interferometry
• B04 - Advancing Inter-Spacecraft Laser Interferometry
• B05 - Compact Multichannel Optical Test Mass Sensing
• B06 - Optical Control of a Torsion Balance as a Low-Noise Test Platform

• C01 - Groundwater Gravimetry and QG-1
• C02 - Terrestrial Clock Networks: Fundamental Physics and Applications
• C03 - Relativistic Geodesy from Space Using Novel Measurement Concepts
• C04 - Gravity Field Solution by Exploiting the Full Potential of GRACE Follow-On
• C05 - Modelling of Mass Variations Down to Small Scales
• C06 - Atmosphere-Ocean Background Modelling for Terrestrial Gravimetry

• Integrated Research Training Group
• Infrastructure INF01

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