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It is currently believed that there is no experimental evidence on possibly quantum features of gravity or gravity-motivated modifications of quantum mechanics. Here we show that single-atom interference experi- ments achieving large…

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Suppose an experimentalist wishes to verify that his apparatus produces entangled quantum states. A finite amount of data cannot conclusively demonstrate entanglement, so drawing conclusions from real-world data requires statistical…

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An elementary prediction of the quantization of the gravitational field is that the Newtonian interaction can entangle pairs of massive objects. Conversely, in models of gravity in which the field is not quantized, the gravitational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-15 Giuseppe Fabiano , Tomohiro Fujita , Akira Matsumura , Daniel Carney

We investigate whether Newtonian gravity can generate quantum entanglement between mesoscopic quantum bodies modeled as superposed mass quadrupoles using three complementary approaches: mini-superspace, semiclassical gravity, and stochastic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-09 Feng-Li Lin , Sayid Mondal

Quantum mechanics has many counter-intuitive consequences which contradict our intuition which is based on classical physics. Here we discuss a special aspect of quantum mechanics, namely the possibility of entanglement between two or more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Martin B. Plenio , Vlatko Vedral

Inspired by our recent works on information paradox in black holes, which exploit various foundational intricacies of quantum mechanics, here we propose a novel connection between the spacetime geometry and quantum entanglement of matter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-29 Sujoy K. Modak

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

Detecting gravity mediated entanglement can provide evidence that the gravitational field obeys quantum mechanics. We report the result of a simulation of the phenomenon using a photonic platform. The simulation tests the idea of probing…

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

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

Recently, experiments aimed at measuring gravity mediated entanglement (GME) using quantum information techniques have been proposed, based on the assumption that if two systems get entangled through local interactions with gravitational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-17 Ji Bian , Teng Liu , Pengfei Lu , Qifeng Lao , Xinxin Rao , Feng Zhu , Yang Liu , Le Luo

The recently introduced quantum gravity-induced entanglement of masses (QGEM) protocol aims to test the quantum nature of gravity by witnessing the entanglement produced by the virtual exchange of a graviton between two spatially superposed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Pablo Guillermo Carmona Rufo , Anupam Mazumdar , Carlos Sabín

Recent work has shown that it may be possible to detect gravitationally induced entanglement in tabletop experiments in the not-too-distant future. However, there are at present no thoroughly developed models for this type of experiment…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-21 Jackson Yant , Miles Blencowe

When two particles interact primarily through gravity and follow the laws of quantum mechanics, the generation of entanglement is considered a hallmark of the quantum nature of the gravitational interaction. However, we demonstrate that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-01 Giovanni Spaventa , Ludovico Lami , Martin B. Plenio

There has been a wave of recent interest in detecting the quantum nature of gravity with table-top experiments that witness gravitationally mediated entanglement. Central to these proposals is the assumption that any mediator capable of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-18 Stefan L. Ludescher , Leon D. Loveridge , Thomas D. Galley , Markus P. Müller

We study entanglement entropy in gravity theory with quantum effects. A simplest model is a two dimensional Einstein-Hilbert action . We use an $n$-sheet manifold to obtain an area term of entanglement entropy by summing over all background…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-12 Chen-Te Ma

What gravitational field is generated by a massive quantum system in a spatial superposition? Despite decades of intensive theoretical and experimental research, we still do not know the answer. On the experimental side, the difficulty lies…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-25 Matteo Carlesso , Angelo Bassi , Mauro Paternostro , Hendrik Ulbricht

Entanglement is considered to be one of the most profound features of quantum mechanics. An entangled state of a system consisting of two subsystems cannot be described as a product of the quantum states of the two subsystems. In this sense…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Brian Julsgaard , Alexander Kozhekin , Eugene S. Polzik

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

The task of testing whether quantum theory applies to all physical systems and all scales requires considering situations where a quantum probe interacts with another system that need not obey quantum theory in full. Important examples…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-04 Gaurav Bhole , Jonathan A. Jones , Chiara Marletto , Vlatko Vedral