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The search for a theory of quantum gravity is the most fundamental problem in all of theoretical physics, but there are as yet no experimental results at all to guide this endeavor. What seems to be needed is a pragmatic way to test if…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-23 Johan Hansson , Stephane Francois

We propose an experiment to test the non-classicality of the gravitational interaction. We consider two optomechanical systems that are perfectly isolated, except for a weak gravitational coupling. If a suitable resonance condition is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Andrea Mari , Stefano Zippilli , David Vitali

To test the quantum nature of gravity in a lab requires witnessing the entanglement between the two test masses (nano-crystals) solely due to the gravitational interaction kept at a distance in a spatial superposition. The protocol is known…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Martine Schut , Alexey Grinin , Andrew Dana , Sougato Bose , Andrew Geraci , Anupam Mazumdar

We show that gravity and matter fields are generically entangled, as a consequence of the local Poincar\'e symmetry. First, we present a general argument, applicable to any particular theory of quantum gravity with matter, by performing the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-31 Nikola Paunkovic , Marko Vojinovic

General relativity as a classical field theory does not predict gravitationally induced entanglement, as such, recent proposals seek an empirical demonstration of this feature which would represent a significant milestone for physics. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-09 Hadrien Chevalier , A. J. Paige , M. S. Kim

The deflection of light in the gravitational field of the Sun is one of the most fundamental consequences for general relativity as well as one of its classical tests first performed by Eddington a century ago. However, despite its center…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-13 Dripto Biswas , Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar , Marko Toroš

We consider the problem of correct measurement of a quantum entanglement in the two-body electron-electron scattering. An expression is derived for a spin correlation tensor of a pure two-electron state. A geometrical measure of a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-24 Davyd Tsurikov , Sergey Samarin , James Williams , Oleg Artamonov

We investigate quantum features and non-classical nature of two-spin-$1/2$ NMR systems at thermal equilibrium under external magnetic fields. More specifically, using suitable quantifiers, we analyze quantum coherence, mixedness, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 Fatemeh Khashami

In order to detect the quantum nature of gravity, the quantum gravity induced entanglement of masses(QGEM) has been proposed both in flat and curved spacetime. In this paper we propose an analogous QGEM protocol using photons produced in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-27 Chi Zhang

Quantum entanglement is a form of correlation between quantum particles that cannot be increased via local operations and classical communication. It has therefore been proposed that an increment of quantum entanglement between probes that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-23 Soham Pal , Priya Batra , Tanjung Krisnanda , Tomasz Paterek , T. S. Mahesh

Experiments have recently been proposed testing whether quantum gravitational interactions generate entanglement between adjacent masses in position superposition states. We propose potentially less challenging experiments that test quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-03 Adrian Kent

Motivated by quantum gravity, semi-classical theory, and quantum theory on curved spacetimes, we study the system of an oscillator coupled to two spin-1/2 particles. This model provides a prototype for comparing three types of dynamics: the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Viqar Husain , Irfan Javed , Suprit Singh

Two very similar proposals have been made recently for witnessing nonclassical features of gravity, by Bose et al. and by Marletto and Vedral. However, while these proposals are asserted to be very general, they are in fact based on a very…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-31 Michael J. W. Hall , Marcel Reginatto

Quantum entanglement is a central concept of quantum theory for multiple particles. Entanglement played an important role in the development of the foundations of the theory and makes possible modern applications in quantum information…

Physics Education · Physics 2015-12-09 Antje Kohnle , Erica Deffebach

We propose a general argument to show that if a physical system can mediate locally the generation of entanglement between two quantum systems, then it itself must be non-classical. Remarkably, we do not assume any classical or quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-21 Chiara Marletto , Vlatko Vedral

Investigating the quantum nature of gravity is an important issue in modern physics. Recently, studies pertaining to the quantum superposition of gravitational potential have garnered significant interest. Inspired by Mari \textit{et al.}…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-29 Yuuki Sugiyama , Akira Matsumura , Kazuhiro Yamamoto

Many experiments have recently been proposed to test whether non-relativistic gravitational interactions can generate entanglement. In this note, I consider the extent to which these experiments can test if the graviton exists. Assuming…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-11 Daniel Carney

We revisit the Bose-Marletto-Vedral (BMV) table-top experimental proposal - which aims to witness quantum gravity using gravity mediated entanglement - analyzing the role of locality in the experiment. We first carry out a fully quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-21 Eduardo Martín-Martínez , T. Rick Perche

A promising route to testing quantum gravity in the laboratory is to look for gravitationally-induced entanglement (GIE) between two or more quantum matter systems. Proposals for such tests have principally used microsolid systems, with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 Richard Howl , Nathan Cooper , Lucia Hackermüller

It is believed that gravity will be explained in the framework of the existing quantum theory when one succeeds in eliminating divergencies at large momenta or small distances (although the phenomenon of gravity has been observed only at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-07-28 Felix Lev