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Entanglement based tomography to probe new macroscopic forces

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-08-31 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

Quantum entanglement provides a novel way to test short distance physics in the non-relativistic regime. We will provide a protocol to {\it potentially} test new physics by bringing two charged massive particle interferometers adjacent to each other. Being charged, the two superpositions will be entangled via electromagnetic interactions mediated by the photons, including the Coulomb and the Casimir-Polder potential. We will bring a method of {\it entanglement based tomography} to seek time evolution of very small entanglement phases to probe new physical effects mediated by {\it hitherto unknown macroscopic force} which might be responsible for entangling the two charged superpositions modelled by the Yukawa type potential. We will be able to constrain the Yukawa couplings α1035\alpha \geq 10^{-35} for r106r\geq 10^{-6}m for new physics occurring in the electromagnetic sector, and in the gravitational potential αg108\alpha_g \geq 10^{-8} for r106r \geq 10^{-6}m. Furthermore, our protocol can also constrain the axion like particle mass and coupling, which is complimentary to the existing experimental bounds.

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@article{arxiv.2203.00038,
  title  = {Entanglement based tomography to probe new macroscopic forces},
  author = {Peter F. Barker and Sougato Bose and Ryan J. Marshman and Anupam Mazumdar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.00038},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

7 pages, 5 figs

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