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ArticleNature communications2026

Magnetometry with a space-based differential atom interferometer.

Matthias Meister, Gabriel Müller, Patrick Boegel, Albert Roura, Annie Pichery, David B Reinhardt, Timothé Estrampes, Jannik Ströhle, Enno Giese, Holger Ahlers and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Matthias Meister *German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Quantum Technologies, Ulm, Germany. matthias.meister@dlr.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7210-8588
Gabriel Müller *Institute of Quantum Optics, QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-5980-5740
Patrick BoegelInstitut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Albert RouraGerman Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Quantum Technologies, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8049-8982
Annie PicheryInstitute of Quantum Optics, QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-8426-6445
David B ReinhardtGerman Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Quantum Technologies, Ulm, Germany.
Timothé EstrampesInstitute of Quantum Optics, QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany.
Jannik StröhleInstitut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Enno GieseInstitut für Angewandte Physik, Fachbereich Physik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1126-6352
Holger AhlersGerman Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing, Hanover, Germany.
Waldemar HerrGerman Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing, Hanover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3685-2729
Christian SchubertGerman Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing, Hanover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-1991-5379
Éric CharronUniversité Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, Orsay, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1660-6368
Holger MüllerDepartment of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0636-5951
Jason R WilliamsJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3798-4424
Ernst M RaselInstitute of Quantum Optics, QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7861-8829
Wolfgang P SchleichInstitut für Quantenphysik and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST), Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9693-8882
Naceur GaaloulInstitute of Quantum Optics, QUEST-Leibniz Research School, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8233-5848
Nicholas P BigelowCenter for Coherence and Quantum Optics, Institute of Optics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1854-5757

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atom interferometers deployed in space are excellent tools for high precision measurements, navigation, or Earth observation. In particular, differential interferometric setups feature common-mode noise suppression and enable reliable measurements in the presence of ambient platform noise. Here we report on orbital magnetometry campaigns performed with differential single- and double-loop interferometers in NASA's Cold Atom Lab aboard the International Space Station. By comparing measurements with atoms in magnetically sensitive and insensitive states, we have realized atomic magnetometers mapping magnetic field curvatures. Our results pave the way towards precision quantum sensing missions in space.

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