Gravitational Decoherence, Alternative Quantum Theories and Semiclassical Gravity
Abstract
In this report we discuss three aspects: 1) Semiclassical gravity theory (SCG): 4 levels of theories describing the interaction of quantum matter with classical gravity; 2) Alternative Quantum Theories: Discerning those which are derivable from general relativity (GR) plus quantum field theory (QFT) from those which are not; 3) Gravitational Decoherence: Derivation of a master equation and examination of the assumptions which led to the claims of observational possibilities. We list three sets of corresponding problems worthy of pursuit: a) Newton-Schr\"odinger Equations in relation to SCG; b) Master equation of gravity-induced effects serving as discriminator of 2); and c) Role of gravity in macroscopic quantum phenomena.
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@article{arxiv.1402.6584,
title = {Gravitational Decoherence, Alternative Quantum Theories and Semiclassical Gravity},
author = {B. L. Hu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.6584},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
18 pages. Invited talk at the Second International Conference on Emergent Quantum Mechanics, Vienna, October 3-6, 2013. Note: this arXiv version is more up to date than that which will appear in J. Phys. (Conf. Ser.)