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Once again, dispute has arisen over the interpretation of proposed quantum information theory experiments to probe the quantum nature of gravity by testing for gravitationally induced entanglement (GIE) between two spatially separated…

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Assuming the validity of the equivalence principle in the quantum regime, we argue that one of the assumptions of the usual definition of quantum mechanics, namely separation between the ``classical'' detector and the ``quantum'' system,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-13 Giorgio Torrieri

Combining gravity with quantum mechanics remains one of the biggest challenges of physics. In the past years, experiments with opto-mechanical systems have been proposed that may give indirect clues about the quantum nature of gravity. In a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-12 Yue Ma , Thomas Guff , Gavin Morley , Igor Pikovski , M. S. Kim

Recent advances in cooling, control, and measurement of mechanical systems in the quantum regime have opened the possibility of the first direct observation of quantum gravity, at scales achievable in experiments. This paper gives a broad…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Daniel Carney , Philip C. E. Stamp , Jacob M. Taylor

Accurately estimating properties of quantum states, such as entanglement, while essential for the development of quantum technologies, remains a challenging task. Standard approaches to property estimation rely on detailed modeling of the…

The identification of physical subsystems in quantum mechanics as compared to classical mechanics poses significant conceptual challenges, especially in the context of quantum gravity. Traditional approaches associate quantum systems with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-25 Guilherme Franzmann

Quantum reservoir computing is a machine learning framework that offers ease of training compared to other quantum neural networks, as it does not rely on gradient-based optimization. Learning is performed in a single step on the output…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Baptiste Carles , Julien Dudas , Léo Balembois , Julie Grollier , Danijela Marković

In hybrid classical-quantum theories, the dynamics of the classical system induce the classicality of the quantum system, meaning that such models do not necessarily require a measurement postulate to describe probabilistic measurement…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-28 Zachary Weller-Davies

A theory of quantum gravity consists of a gravitational framework which, unlike general relativity, takes into account the quantum character of matter. In spite of impressive advances, no fully satisfactory, self-consistent and empirically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-23 R. Muciño , E. Okon , D. Sudarsky , M. Wiedemann

Recent progress in table-top experiments offers the opportunity to show for the first time that gravity is not compatible with a classical description. In all current experimental proposals, such as the generation of gravitationally induced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-05 Lin-Qing Chen , Flaminia Giacomini

Recent developments on Bell's experiments demonstrate that entanglement could indeed eliminate the gap between classical and quantum physics. At the same time, it is difficult for a classical theory to include a particular feature like…

General Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Pradosh Keshav MV

The salient feature of both classical and quantum gravity is its universal and attractive character. However, less is known about the behaviour and build-up of quantum correlations when quantum systems interact via graviton exchange. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-25 Marko Toroš , Martine Schut , Patrick Andriolo , Sougato Bose , Anupam Mazumdar

A recent paper by Aziz and Howl (Nature 2025) argues that, once quantum matter is described at the level of quantum field theory and coupled to a classical gravitational field, higher order processes can generate entanglement between two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 Mikołaj Sienicki , Krzysztof Sienicki

The generation and preservation of entanglement is a central goal in quantum technology. Traditionally, dissipation in quantum systems is thought to be detrimental to entanglement, however dissipation can also be utilised as a means of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-20 Josephine Dias , Christopher W. Wächtler , Kae Nemoto , William J. Munro

Over the past century, a large community within theoretical physics has been seeking a unified framework for quantum gravity. Yet, to date, there is still no experimental evidence of any non-classical features of gravity. While traditional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-22 Stefan Aimet , Hadrien Chevalier , M. S. Kim

Entanglement is an important resource that allows quantum technologies to go beyond the classically possible. There are many ways quantum systems can be entangled, ranging from the archetypal two-qubit case to more exotic scenarios of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-27 Nicolai Friis , Giuseppe Vitagliano , Mehul Malik , Marcus Huber

A general entanglement-based witness of non-classicality has recently been proposed, which can be applied to testing quantum effects in gravity. This witness is based on generating entanglement between two quantum probes via a mediator. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-21 Giuseppe Di Pietra , Chiara Marletto

An experimental test of quantum effects in gravity has recently been proposed, where the ability of the gravitational field to entangle two masses is used as a witness of its quantum nature. The key idea is that if gravity can generate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-08 Chiara Marletto , Vlatko Vedral

In order to test the quantum nature of gravity, it is essential to explore the construction of classical gravity theories that are as consistent with experiments as possible. In particular, the classical gravity field must receive input…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-18 Daisuke Miki , Youka Kaku , Yubao Liu , Yiqiu Ma , Yanbei Chen

Standard quantum mechanics and gravity are used to estimate the mass and size of idealized gravitating systems where position states of matter and geometry become indeterminate. It is proposed that well-known inconsistencies of standard…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-05 Craig J. Hogan