Gravitation as a source of decoherence
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2017-10-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Physics
Abstract
It is believed that classical behavior emerges in a quantum system due to decoherence. It has also been proposed that gravity can be a source of this decoherence. We examine this in detail by studying a number of quantum systems, including ultra-relativistic and non-relativistic particles, at low and high temperatures in an expanding Universe, and show that this proposal is valid for a large class of quantum systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1709.07154,
title = {Gravitation as a source of decoherence},
author = {Saurya Das and Matthew P. G. Robbins and Elias C. Vagenas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.07154},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
7 pages, REVTeX 4, no figures, to appear in IJMPD