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Macroscopicity of quantum mechanical superposition tests via hypothesis falsification

Quantum Physics 2019-10-01 v2

Abstract

We establish an objective scheme to determine the macroscopicity of quantum mechanical superposition tests, which is based on the Bayesian hypothesis falsification of macrorealistic modifications of quantum theory. The measure uses the raw data gathered in an experiment, taking into account all measurement uncertainties, and can be used to directly assess any conceivable quantum test. We determine the resulting macroscopicity for three recent tests of quantum physics: double-well interference of Bose-Einstein condensates, Leggett-Garg tests with atomic random walks, and entanglement generation and read-out of nanomechanical oscillators.

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@article{arxiv.1902.11092,
  title  = {Macroscopicity of quantum mechanical superposition tests via hypothesis falsification},
  author = {Björn Schrinski and Stefan Nimmrichter and Benjamin A. Stickler and Klaus Hornberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.11092},
  year   = {2019}
}

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20 pages, 7 figures