Particle Tracking Using a Quantum Enhanced Tracker

Nicolas DeStefano; Blakesley Burkhart; Blakesley Burkhart; Blakesley Burkhart; Blakesley Burkhart; Blakesley Burkhart

Particle Tracking Using a Quantum Enhanced Tracker

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Abstract

The quantum enhanced tracker is a proposed tabletop prototype to optically trace single particle paths with high resolution in three dimensions. The electrons pass through a volume filled with Rubidium atoms, and their presence perturbs atomic quantum states and can be detected optically. Here, we show preliminary detection of low-energy electrons in two dimensions through a polarization rotation scheme. We plan to measure AC electric field effects on Rydberg states as a sensitive electrometer to detect low-energy particles. This apparatus will be implemented at Jefferson National Laboratory as a pristine method of detecting charged particles based on coherent properties of Rubidium atoms.

Authors

Nicolas DeStefano

The College of William \& Mary
Blakesley Burkhart

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, None, University of Colorado Boulder, Virginia Tech, MIT Haystack Observatory, University of Alabama, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland College Park, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Rutgers University, Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, New Jersey Inst of Tech, Flatiron Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Los Alamos National Laboratory, The College of William \& Mary, Cornell University, Cornell University, California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Tech, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Princeton University, University of Pittsburgh, DEVCOM Army Research Lab, University of Louisville, University of Cape Town, Rutgers University/Flatiron Institute, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Blakesley Burkhart

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, None, University of Colorado Boulder, Virginia Tech, MIT Haystack Observatory, University of Alabama, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland College Park, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Rutgers University, Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, New Jersey Inst of Tech, Flatiron Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Los Alamos National Laboratory, The College of William \& Mary, Cornell University, Cornell University, California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Tech, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Princeton University, University of Pittsburgh, DEVCOM Army Research Lab, University of Louisville, University of Cape Town, Rutgers University/Flatiron Institute, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Blakesley Burkhart

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, None, University of Colorado Boulder, Virginia Tech, MIT Haystack Observatory, University of Alabama, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland College Park, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Rutgers University, Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, New Jersey Inst of Tech, Flatiron Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Los Alamos National Laboratory, The College of William \& Mary, Cornell University, Cornell University, California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Tech, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Princeton University, University of Pittsburgh, DEVCOM Army Research Lab, University of Louisville, University of Cape Town, Rutgers University/Flatiron Institute, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Blakesley Burkhart

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, None, University of Colorado Boulder, Virginia Tech, MIT Haystack Observatory, University of Alabama, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland College Park, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Rutgers University, Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, New Jersey Inst of Tech, Flatiron Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Los Alamos National Laboratory, The College of William \& Mary, Cornell University, Cornell University, California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Tech, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Princeton University, University of Pittsburgh, DEVCOM Army Research Lab, University of Louisville, University of Cape Town, Rutgers University/Flatiron Institute, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Blakesley Burkhart

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, None, University of Colorado Boulder, Virginia Tech, MIT Haystack Observatory, University of Alabama, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland College Park, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Rutgers University, Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, New Jersey Inst of Tech, Flatiron Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Los Alamos National Laboratory, The College of William \& Mary, Cornell University, Cornell University, California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Tech, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Princeton University, University of Pittsburgh, DEVCOM Army Research Lab, University of Louisville, University of Cape Town, Rutgers University/Flatiron Institute, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey