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Schemes of gravitationally induced decoherence are being actively investigated as possible mechanisms for the quantum-to-classical transition. Here, we introduce a decoherence process due to quantum gravity effects. We assume a foamy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-23 Luciano Petruzziello , Fabrizio Illuminati

In this letter, we will analyse the deformation of a semi-classical gravitational system from minimal measurable length scale. In the semi-classical approximation, the gravitational field will be analysed as a classical field, and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-18 Qin Zhao , Mir Faizal , Zaid Zaz

Classical light bending is investigated for weak gravitational fields in the presence of hypothetical local Lorentz violation. Using an effective field theory framework that describes general deviations from local Lorentz invariance, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-29 Rhondale Tso , Quentin G. Bailey

We study the weak-field limit of string-dilaton gravity and derive corrections to the Newtonian potential which strength directly depends on the self interaction potential and the nonminimal coupling of the dilaton scalar field. We discuss…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Salvatore Capozziello , Gaetano Lambiase

Several relativistic quantum gravitational effects such as spin-rotation coupling, gravitomagnetic charge and gravitational Meissner effect are investigated in the present letter. The field equation of gravitomagnetic matter is suggested…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian-Qi Shen

Semiclassical gravity, in which a classical spacetime is sourced by the quantum expectation value of the stress-energy tensor, is a standard framework for describing the gravitational interaction of quantum matter. In the nonrelativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-23 Hollis Williams

It has been speculated that gravity could be an emergent phenomenon, with classical general relativity as an effective, macroscopic theory, valid only for classical systems at large temporal and spatial scales. As in classical continuum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-24 Huan Yang , Larry R. Price , Nicolas D. Smith , Rana X Adhikari , Haixing Miao , Yanbei Chen

Semiclassical approximation to the Wheeler-DeWitt equation which corresponds to gravity with a minimally coupled scalar field has been performed. To the leading order, vacuum Einstein's equation along with the functional Schrodinger…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-07-26 Abhik Kumar Sanyal

When gravity is sourced by a quantum system, there is tension between its role as the mediator of a fundamental interaction, which is expected to acquire nonclassical features, and its role in determining the properties of spacetime, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-18 Thomas D. Galley , Flaminia Giacomini , John H. Selby

Canonical coupling between classical and quantum systems cannot result in reversible equations, rather it leads to irreversible master equations. Coupling of quantized non-relativistic matter to gravity is illustrated by a simplistic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-19 Lajos Diósi

We study the quatum to classical transition process in the context of quantum field theory. Extending the influence functional formalism of Feynman and Vernon, we study the decoherence process for self-interacting quantum fields in flat…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-25 Fernando C. Lombardo

We discuss the quantum mechanical description of a gravitational wave interacting with a cavity electromagnetic field. Quantum fluctuations of the gravitational vacuum induce squeezing in the optical field. Moreover, this squeezing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-19 Thiago Guerreiro

Classical fields are ubiquitous in theoretical physics. They find applications in almost all areas of physics, from condensed matter and particle physics to cosmology and astrophysics. Scalar fields, in particular, can give rise to confined…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-18 Rodrigo Vicente

We study the loss of quantumness caused by time dilation [1] for a Schr\"odinger cat state. We give a holistic view of the quantum to classical transition by comparing the dynamics of several nonclassicality indicators, such as the Wigner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Boris Sokolov , Iiro Vilja , Sabrina Maniscalco

A mass distribution is analyzed in terms of classical gravitational field theory. Newton's law of gravitation is consistently applied on the assumption that the equivalence of energy and mass according to Einstein's theory of relativity is…

General Physics · Physics 2015-05-26 Helmut Kling

We present a discussion of the fundamental loss of unitarity that appears in quantum mechanics due to the use of a physical apparatus to measure time. This induces a decoherence effect that is independent of any interaction with the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Rodolfo Gambini , Rafael Porto , Jorge Pullin

Semi-classical gravity attempts to define a hybrid theory in which a classical gravitational field is coupled to a unitarily evolving quantum state. Although semi-classical gravity is inconsistent with observation, a viable theory of this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-21 Adrian Kent

The dynamical equations describing the evolution of a self-gravitating fluid can be rewritten in the form of a Schrodinger equation coupled to a Poisson equation determining the gravitational potential. This wave-mechanical representation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Peter Coles , Kate Spencer

A systematic method is developed to study classical motion of a mass point in gravitational gauge field. First, the formulation of gauge theory of gravity in arbitrary curvilinear coordinates is given. Then in spherical coordinates system,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Ning Wu , Dahua Zhang

Some of the recent work on quantum gravity has involved modified uncertainty relations such that the products of the uncertainties of certain pairs of observables increase with time. It is here observed that this type of modified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 G. Amelino-Camelia