Optomechanical test of the Schr\"odinger-Newton equation
Quantum Physics
2016-05-11 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
The Schr\"odinger-Newton equation has been proposed as an experimentally testable alternative to quantum gravity, accessible at low energies. It contains self-gravitational terms, which slightly modify the quantum dynamics. Here we show that it distorts the spectrum of a harmonic system. Based on this effect, we propose an optomechanical experiment with a trapped microdisc to test the Schr\"odinger-Newton equation, and we show that it can be realized with existing technology.
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@article{arxiv.1510.01696,
title = {Optomechanical test of the Schr\"odinger-Newton equation},
author = {André Großardt and James Bateman and Hendrik Ulbricht and Angelo Bassi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.01696},
year = {2016}
}
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13 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, 1 page of supplemental material