SIGMA+ - Study of Industrial Gravity Measurement Applications

该项目是RSK和伯明翰大学(UOB)合作开展的一项可行性研究，旨在确定量子技术(QT)重力传感器在地球物理测量中用于环境和工程应用的潜力，如定位埋藏物体和发现天坑。该项目直接用于QT重力和重力梯度仪传感器的开发，以确保它们在恶劣的土木工程环境中能够识别实际考虑因素。这项研究将扩展Sigma项目的发现，重点关注已确定的测量和数据处理挑战，将感兴趣的信号与浅层土壤中的其他变化分离，并将通过仔细的原型仪器现场试验制作有史以来第一张地下QT重力图。与此同时，它还与未来的客户接洽，这些客户将需要这项技术，以将他们在不可预见的环境条件下的风险降至最低。Sigma+将为QT重力传感器的潜在现实世界能力提供定量评估，并定义仪器制造商努力争取的能力规格。

This project is a collaboration between RSK and the University of Birmingham (UoB) to carry out a feasibilitystudy identifying the potential of Quantum Technology (QT) gravity sensors in geophysical surveys forenvironmental and engineering applications such as locating buried objects and finding sinkholes. This projectfeeds directly into the development of the QT gravity and gravity gradiometer sensors to ensure they takecogniscence of practical considerations in the harsh civil engineering environment. This study will expand onthe findings from the SIGMA project by focussing on the measurement and data handling challenges that havebeen identified, the isolation of signals of interst from other variations in the shallow soil, and will make thefirst ever QT gravity maps of the subsurface through careful field trials of prototype instruments. At the sametime it engages with future clients who will demand this technology to minimise their risk of unforeseenground conditions. SIGMA+ will provide a quantitative assessment of the potential real world capability of QTgravity sensors and define a specification of capability for instrument manufacturers to strive for.