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Aziz and Howl [Nature 646 (2025)] argue that two spatially separated masses can become entangled even when gravity is treated as a classical field, by invoking higher-order "virtual-matter" processes in a QFT description of matter, which is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-19 Ziqian Tang , Chen Yang , Zizhao Han , Zikuan Kan , Yulong Liu , Hanyu Xue

In Nature, 646, 813 (2025), Aziz and Howl claim that classical (unquantised) gravity produces entanglement. We show that their model does not produce entanglement. Even if the model produced entanglement, it would be mediated by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-11 Chiara Marletto , Jonathan Oppenheim , Vlatko Vedral , Elizabeth Wilson

A recent paper published on Nature [Nature,646,813(2025)] by Aziz and Howl, claims that quantum particles become entangled when they interact gravitationally, even if the gravitational potential is treated classically. We show that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Anirudh Gundhi , Giorgia Infantino , Angelo Bassi

In their recent work, Nature, {\bf 646}, 813 (2025), Aziz and Howl claim that classical (unquantized) gravity can generate entanglement of quantized matter if matter is treated within quantum field theory which is, no doubt, our ultimate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Lajos Diósi

Aziz and Howl argued that a classical gravitational field can generate quantum entanglement through a quantum-field-theoretic channel mediated by virtual matter propagation. However, their claimed channel is more naturally and accurately…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Hanyu Xue , Ziqian Tang , Chen Yang , Zizhao Han , Zikuan Kan , Yulong Liu

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

A direct quantization of the Newtonian interaction between two masses is known to establish entanglement, which if detected would witness the quantum nature of the gravitational field. Gravitational interaction is yet compatible also with…

Experiments witnessing the entanglement between two particles interacting only via the gravitational field have been proposed as a test whether gravity must be quantized. In the language of quantum information, a non-quantum gravitational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-12 M. Kemal Döner , André Großardt

The gravity-mediated entanglement experiments employ concepts from quantum information to argue that if entanglement due to gravitational interaction is observed, then gravity cannot be described by a classical system. However, the proposed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Martin Plávala

We rebut a recent paper that claims that classical gravity can entangle two massive superpositions by local means. We refute the misconceptions appearing in this paper and confirm that the quantum features are necessary in the gravitational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Chiara Marletto , Vlatko Vedral

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…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Mike D. Schneider , Nick Huggett , Niels Linnemann

Due to the weakness of gravitational coupling, all quantum experiments up to date in which gravity plays a role utilized the field of the Earth. Since this field undergoes practically undetectable back-action from quantum particles, it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-16 Ankit Kumar

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…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-07 Natacha Altamirano , Paulina Corona-Ugalde , Robert B. Mann , Magdalena Zych

Reconciling quantum mechanics and general relativity remains one of the most profound challenges in modern physics. The BMV (Bose-Marletto-Vedral) experiment can assess the quantum nature of gravity by testing whether gravitational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-30 Nicetu Tibau Vidal , Chiara Marletto , Vlatko Vedral , Giulio Chiribella

Current proposals to probe the quantum nature of gravity in the low-energy regime predominantly focus on the Newtonian interaction term. In this work, we present a theoretical exploration of gravitationally mediated entanglement arising…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Trinidad B. Lantaño , Luciano Petruzziello , Susana F. Huelga , Martin B. Plenio

We consider the coupling of quantum fields to classical gravity in the formalism of ensembles on configuration space, a model that allows a consistent formulation of interacting classical and quantum systems. Explicit calculations show that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-19 Marcel Reginatto , Michael J. W. Hall

Models of quantum-classical interactions fall into two classes: those which allow the generation of quantum entanglement via a classical mediator (such as gravity), and those which do not. Marconato and Marletto have recently sought to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-11 Michael J. W. Hall , Marcel Reginatto

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

It is a matter of ongoing discussion whether quantum states can become entangled while only interacting via a classical mediator. This lively debate is deeply interwoven with the question of whether entanglement studies can prove the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-30 Sebastian Ulbricht , Andrés Darío Bermúdez Manjarres , Marcel Reginatto

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
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