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Entanglement decoherence in a gravitational well according to the event formalism

Quantum Physics 2015-06-22 v1

Abstract

The event formalism is a non-linear extension of quantum field theory designed to be compatible with the closed time-like curves that appear in general relativity. Whilst reducing to standard quantum field theory in flat space-time the formalism leads to testably different predictions for entanglement distribution in curved space. In this paper we introduce a more general version of the formalism and use it to analyse the practicality of an experimental test of its predictions in the earth's gravitational well.

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@article{arxiv.1406.3677,
  title  = {Entanglement decoherence in a gravitational well according to the event formalism},
  author = {T. C. Ralph and J. Pienaar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.3677},
  year   = {2015}
}