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A measurement scheme of atomic qubits pinned at given positions is studied by analyzing the interference pattern obtained when they emit photons spontaneously. In the case of two qubits, a well-known relation is revisited, in which the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jun Suzuki , Christian Miniatura , Kae Nemoto

In this paper, we are exploring the feasibility of observing non-classical features of gravity in a low-energy regime in a quantum optomechanical experiment. If gravity is to have an underlying quantum nature, it should hold the most…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-03 Sahar Sahebdivan

In recent years, the quantum nature of gravity has attracted significant attention as one of the most important problems in modern physics. Here, we analyze the mechanism of gravitationally-induced entanglement from the perspective of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-11 Hazhir Dolatkhah , Shahriar Salimi , Soroush Haseli

Some approaches to Quantum Gravity (QG) entail decoherence of quantum matter propagating in it, due to an ``environment'' of QG degrees of freedom inaccessible to low-energy observers. In the first part of this talk, I discuss potential,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-14 Nick E. Mavromatos

We propose a novel method to probe gravity-induced entanglement. We consider the gravitational interaction between a particle trapped in a shallow potential and a harmonic oscillator. The harmonic oscillator is in a quantum superposition of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-06 Youka Kaku , Akira Matsumura , Tomohiro Fujita

In quantum information and communication one looks for the non-classical features like interference and quantum correlations to harness the true power of composite systems. We show how the concept akin to interference is, in fact,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-11 Lin Zhang , Arun Kumar Pati , Junde Wu

Quantum gravity is likely the deepest problem facing current physics. While traditionally associated with short distance nonrenormalizability, it is evident that the long distance problem of unitarity, arising at high energies with black…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-01 Steven B. Giddings

The equivalence principle of gravity is examined at the quantum level using the diffraction in time of matter waves in two ways. First, we consider a quasi-monochromatic beam of particles incident on a shutter which is removed at time $t =…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-12 Juan A. Cañas , J. Bernal , A. Martín-Ruiz

The role of the equivalence principle in the context of non-relativistic quantum mechanics and matter wave interferometry, especially atom beam interferometry, will be discussed. A generalised form of the weak equivalence principle which is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Claus Lämmerzahl

Quantum information concepts and quantum technologies have opened the prospect to probe quantum gravity in table-top experiments. Many proposals rely on witnessing entanglement generation as a means to probe whether gravity is a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-23 Konstantin Beyer , M. S. Kim , Igor Pikovski

It is discussed how systems of quantum-correlated (entangled)particles or atoms behave in external gravitational fields and what gravitational effects may exist in such systems. An experimental setup is proposed which improves the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Horst von Borzeszkowski , Michael B. Mensky

Symmetries and transformations are explored in the framework of entropic quantum dynamics. Two conditions arise that are required for any transformation to qualify as a symmetry. The heart of this work lies in the application of these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 David T. Johnson , Ariel Caticha

The coupling between internal degrees of freedom of quantum systems and their overall motion in an external gravitational field plays a central role in multiple extensions of Einstein's equivalence principle to quantum physics. While…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-04 Thomas B. Mieling

We investigate the effects of the gravitational field on the quantum dynamics of non-relativistic particles. We consider N non-relativistic particles, interacting with the linearized gravitational field. Using the Feynman - Vernon influence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-09 C. Anastopoulos

In this note, we attempt to provide some insights into the structure of non-perturbative descriptions of quantum gravity using known examples of gauge-theory / gravity duality. We argue that in familiar examples, a quantum description of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-03-24 Mark Van Raamsdonk

Since the advent of quantum mechanics we have mainly been concerned with its predictions from the perspective of an external observer. This is in strong contrast to the theory of general relativity, where the physics is governed by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-17 Dries Sels , Michiel Wouters

A "quantum-first" approach to gravity is described, where rather than quantizing general relativity, one seeks to formulate the physics of gravity within a quantum-mechanical framework with suitably general postulates. Important guides are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-05-23 Steven B. Giddings

A new approach to Quantum Gravity is proposed that is manifestly compatible with Cellular Automata (CA) theory, and is based on a new quantum theory of inertia where Newtonian Inertia results from the electromagnetic forces between the…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tom Ostoma , Mike Trushyk

This paper points out the importance of the quantum nature of the gravitational interaction with matter in a linearized theory of quantum gravity induced entanglement of masses (QGEM). We will show how the quantum interaction entangles the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-03 Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar , Martine Schut , Marko Toroš

Observable signatures of the quantum nature of gravity at low energies have recently emerged as a promising new research field. One prominent avenue is to test for gravitationally induced entanglement between two mesoscopic masses prepared…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-16 Vasileios Fragkos , Michael Kopp , Igor Pikovski