Menoret V. auteur aut IRD Vermeulen P. auteur aut IRD Le Moigne N. auteur aut IRD Bonvalot Sylvain auteur aut IRD Bouyer P. auteur aut IRD Landragin A. auteur aut IRD Desruelle B. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Gravimetry is a well-established technique for the determination of sub-surface mass distribution needed in several fields of geoscience, and various types of gravimeters have been developed over the last 50 years. Among them, quantum gravimeters based on atom interferometry have shown top-level performance in terms of sensitivity, long-term stability and accuracy. Nevertheless, they have remained confined to laboratories due to their complex operation and high sensitivity to the external environment. Here we report on a novel, transportable, quantum gravimeter that can be operated under real world conditions by non-specialists, and measure the absolute gravitational acceleration continuously with a long-term stability below 10 nm.s(-2) (1 mu Gal). It features several technological innovations that allow for high-precision gravity measurements, while keeping the instrument light and small enough for field measurements. The instrument was characterized in detail and its stability was evaluated during a month-long measurement campaign. specialized 066 020 8 art. 12300 [11 p.] 2018 2045-2322 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074016 10.1038/s41598-018-30608-1 2045-2322 [F B010074016] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074016 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers18-09/010074016.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2018-10-03 2023-07-11 fdi:010074016 fre