Direct Acceleration: Cosmic and Exoplanet Synergies
  Direct measurement of acceleration is a key scientific goal for both
cosmology and exoplanets. For cosmology, the concept of redshift drift (more
than 60 years old by the 2020s) could directly establish the
Friedmann-Lema{\^\i}tre-Robertson-Walker model. It would increase the dark
energy figure of merit by a factor of 3 beyond Stage 4 experiments, in
combination with cosmic microwave background measurements. For exoplanets, the
same technology required provides unprecedented radial velocity accuracy,
enabling detection of Earth mass planets in the habitable zone. Other science
cases include mapping the Milky Way gravitational potential and testing its
dark matter distribution.
