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This article investigates the dynamical behaviours of the $n$-vortex problem with vorticity $\mathbf{\Gamma}$ on a Riemann sphere $\mathbb{S}^2$ equipped with an arbitrary metric $g$. From perspectives of Riemannian geometry and symplectic…

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Quantum mechanics (QM) and General relativity (GR), also known as the theory of gravity, are the two pillars of modern physics. A matter-wave interferometer with a massive particle, can test numerous fundamental ideas, including the spatial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-21 Rafael Benjaminov , Sela Liran , Or Dobkowski , Yaniv Bar-Haim , Michael Averbukh , Ron Folman

We discuss the coherent splitting and recombining of a nanoparticle in a mesoscopic "closed-loop" Stern-Gerlach interferometer in which the observable is the spin of a single impurity embedded in the particle. This spin, when interacting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-09 Carsten Henkel , Ron Folman

Quantum superposition is central to quantum theory but challenges our concepts of reality and spacetime when applied to macroscopic objects like Schr\"odinger's cat. For that reason, it has been a long-standing question whether quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-14 Rainer Kaltenbaek

Rotations of microscale rigid bodies exhibit pronounced quantum phenomena that do not exist for their center-of-mass motion. By levitating nanoparticles in ultra-high vacuum, researchers are developing a promising platform for observing and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-02 Benjamin A. Stickler , Klaus Hornberger , M. S. Kim

We calculate the quantum correction to the classical conductance of a disordered mesoscopic normal-superconducting (NS) junction in which the electron spatial and spin degrees of freedom are coupled by an appreciable spin orbit interaction.…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Keith Slevin , Jean-Louis Pichard , P. A. Mello

We propose a method to prepare and verify spatial quantum superpositions of a nanometer-sized object separated by distances of the order of its size. This method provides unprecedented bounds for objective collapse models of the wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-08 O. Romero-Isart , A. C. Pflanzer , F. Blaser , R. Kaltenbaek , N. Kiesel , M. Aspelmeyer , J. I. Cirac

We report the observation of phase-super resolution in a motion-sensitive spin-wave (SW) atom interferometer utilizing a NOON-type entanged state. The SW interferometer is implemented by generating a superposition of two SWs and observing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-02-10 Yu-Ao Chen , Xiao-Hui Bao , Zhen-Sheng Yuan , Shuai Chen , Bo Zhao , Jian-Wei Pan

In this paper, we provide a simple and modern discussion of rotational superradiance based on quantum field theory. We work with an effective theory valid at scales much larger than the size of the spinning object responsible for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-07 Solomon Endlich , Riccardo Penco

Current models of quantum interference experiments in external gravitational fields lack a common framework: while matter-wave interferometers are commonly described using the Schr\"odinger equation with a Newtonian potential, gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-11 Thomas B. Mieling , Thomas Morling , Christopher Hilweg , Philip Walther

The Stern-Gerlach (SG) experiment is a fundamental experiment for revealing the existence of ``spin''. In such an experiment, beams of silver atoms were sent through inhomogeneous magnetic fields to observe their deflection. Thus, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-28 Jiang-Lin Zhou , Zou-Chen Fu , Choo Hiap Oh , Jing-Ling Chen

Superposition and entanglement are uniquely quantum phenomena. Superposition incorporates a phase which contains information surpassing any classical mixture. Entanglement offers correlations between measurements in quantum systems that are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Ardavan , G. A. D. Briggs

The Stern-Gerlach experiment has played an important role in our understanding of quantum behavior. We propose and analyze a modified version of this experiment where the magnetic field of the detector is in a quantum superposition, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-29 R. G. Daghigh , M. D. Green , C. J. West

Accurate modeling of gravitational interactions is fundamental to the analysis, prediction, and control of space systems. While the Newtonian point-mass approximation suffices for many preliminary studies, real celestial bodies exhibit…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-27 Felipe Arenas-Uribe

We describe an experimentally feasible protocol for performing a variant of the quantum delayed-choice experiment with massive objects. In this scheme, a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond driven by microwave fields is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-02 Peng-Bo Li , Fu-Li Li

The Quantum Gravity Mediated Entanglement (QGEM) protocol offers a novel method to probe the quantumness of gravitational interactions at non-relativistic scales. This protocol leverages the Stern-Gerlach effect to create $\mathcal{O}(\sim…

Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the atomic scale offers exciting prospects for determining the structure and function of individual molecules and proteins. Quantum defects in diamond have recently emerged as a promising platform…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-06 K. S. Cujia , K. Herb , J. Zopes , J. M. Abendroth , C. L. Degen

A free-falling nanodiamond containing a nitrogen vacancy centre in a spin superposition should experience a superposition of forces in an inhomogeneous magnetic field. We propose a practical design that brings the internal temperature of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 Sougato Bose , Gavin W. Morley

We have studied a relativistically covariant Stern-Gerlach (SG) experiment for a relativistic spin and a Dirac spin. We have obtained the relativistic spin in an arbitrary frame by using the classical spin dipole tensor, which gives the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-04 Taeseung Choi , Yeong Deok Han

We study integrable non-diagonal open boundary conditions for spin chains arising from holographic gauge theories. Their dual description is in terms of open strings stretching between giant gravitons intersecting at arbitrary angles inside…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-01-12 Adolfo Holguin