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Collaborative Research Centre 1464: Relativistic and quantum-based geodesy

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

We aim to advance quantum-based measurement concepts for monitoring mass changes from space and on ground, combined with the corresponding data analysis and modelling, in order to provide sophisticated tools that significantly enhance our knowledge on the involved change processes in the system Earth. We study and make use of modern quantum physics to develop and utilise innovative experimental devices and measurement techniques, and to develop new theoretical and modeling methods for high precision recovery of the Earth’s gravitational field in the next decade and beyond.
AcronymTerraQ
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1 Jan 202131 Dec 2024

Collaborative partners

  • Leibniz University Hannover (lead)
  • German Aerospace Center (DLR)
  • DLR-Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB
  • GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
  • HafenCity University Hamburg (HCU)
  • Graz University of Technology
  • University of Bremen

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  2. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  3. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

Funding type

  • German Research Foundation (DFG)

Funding scheme

  • Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios

Key research areas of LUH

  • Quantum Optics and Gravitational Physics