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Triple Interference, Non-linear Talbot Effect and Gravitization of the Quantum

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2023-08-30 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Recently we have discussed a new approach to the problem of quantum gravity in which the quantum mechanical structures that are traditionally fixed, such as the Fubini-Study metric in the Hilbert space of states, become dynamical and so implement the idea of gravitizing the quantum. In this paper we elaborate on a specific test of this new approach to quantum gravity using triple interference in a varying gravitational field. Our discussion is driven by a profound analogy with recent triple-path interference experiments performed in the context of non-linear optics. We emphasize that the triple interference experiment in a varying gravitational field would deeply influence the present understanding of the kinematics of quantum gravity and quantum gravity phenomenology. We also discuss the non-linear Talbot effect as another striking phenomenological probe of gravitization of the geometry of quantum theory.

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@article{arxiv.2303.15645,
  title  = {Triple Interference, Non-linear Talbot Effect and Gravitization of the Quantum},
  author = {Per Berglund and Andrew Geraci and Tristan Hübsch and David Mattingly and Djordje Minic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.15645},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Published version: 30 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2203.17137

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