Planck's scale dissipative effects in atom interferometry
Quantum Physics
2009-11-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Atom interferometers can be used to study phenomena leading to irreversibility and dissipation, induced by the dynamics of fundamental objects (strings and branes) at a large mass scale. Using an effective, but physically consistent description in terms of a master equation of Lindblad form, the modifications of the interferometric pattern induced by the new phenomena are analyzed in detail. We find that present experimental devices can in principle provide stringent bounds on the new effects.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0208164,
title = {Planck's scale dissipative effects in atom interferometry},
author = {F. Benatti and R. Floreanini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0208164},
year = {2009}
}
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