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Collapse-based models for gravity do not violate the entanglement-based witness of non-classicality

Quantum Physics 2026-04-17 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

It is known that an entanglement-based witness of non-classicality can be applied to testing quantum effects in gravity. Specifically, if a system can create entanglement between two quantum probes by local means only, then it must be non-classical. Recently, claims have been made that collapse-based models of classical gravity, i.e. Di\'osi-Penrose model, can predict gravitationally induced entanglement between quantum objects, resulting in gravitationally induced entanglement is insufficient to conclude that gravity is fundamentally quantum, contrary to the witness statement. Here we vindicate the witness. We analyze the underlying physics of collapse-based models for gravity and show that these models have nonlocal features, violating the principle of locality.

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@article{arxiv.2503.19774,
  title  = {Collapse-based models for gravity do not violate the entanglement-based witness of non-classicality},
  author = {Tianfeng Feng and Vlatko Vedral and Chiara Marletto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.19774},
  year   = {2026}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure