A classical channel model for gravitational decoherence
Quantum Physics
2015-06-18 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We show that, by treating the gravitational interaction between two mechanical resonators as a classical measurement channel, a gravitational decoherence model results that is equivalent to a model first proposed by Diosi. The resulting decoherence model implies that the classically mediated gravitational interaction between two gravitationally coupled resonators cannot create entanglement. The gravitational decoherence rate ( and the complementary heating rate) is of the order of the gravitationally induced normal mode splitting of the two resonators.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1401.0946,
title = {A classical channel model for gravitational decoherence},
author = {D. Kafri and J. M. Taylor and G. J. Milburn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.0946},
year = {2015}
}
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11 pages, 1 figure