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Harvesting entanglement from the gravitational vacuum

Quantum Physics 2023-11-21 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study how quantum systems can harvest entanglement from the quantum degrees of freedom of the gravitational field. Concretely, we describe in detail the interaction of non-relativistic quantum systems with linearized quantum gravity, and explore how two spacelike separated probes can harvest entanglement from the gravitational field in this context. We provide estimates for the harvested entanglement for realistic probes which can be experimentally relevant in the future, since entanglement harvesting experiments can provide evidence for the existence of quantum degrees of freedom of gravity.

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@article{arxiv.2210.14921,
  title  = {Harvesting entanglement from the gravitational vacuum},
  author = {T. Rick Perche and Boris Ragula and Eduardo Martín-Martínez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.14921},
  year   = {2023}
}

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18 pages + appendices, 16 figures, revTex 4.2. V2: updated to match published version