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Microgravity is expected to be a decisive ingredient for the next leap for experiments testing the fundamental physics of gravity, relativity and theories beyond the standard model. A promising technique for such tests in the quantum domain are matter-wave sensors based on cold atoms or atom lasers, which use atoms as unperturbed microscopic test bodies for measuring inertial forces or as frequency references. For matter-wave interferometers and experiments with quantum matter (Bose-Einstein Condensates or degenerate Fermi gases) microgravity allows the extension of the unperturbed free fall of these test particles in a low-noise environment.
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