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Quantum field theory provides us with the means to calculate scattering amplitudes. In recent years a dramatic new development has lead to great simplification of such calculations. This is based on the discovery of the``amplituhedron'' in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-24 Deepak Vaid , Devadharshini Suresh

We report on the experimental observation of quantum-network-compatible light described by a non-positive Wigner function. The state is generated by photon subtraction from a squeezed vacuum state produced by a continuous wave optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. S. Neergaard-Nielsen , B. Melholt Nielsen , C. Hettich , K. Moelmer , E. S. Polzik

The Stern-Gerlach effect, discovered a century ago, has become a paradigm of quantum mechanics. Surprisingly there has been little evidence that the original scheme with freely propagating atoms exposed to gradients from macroscopic magnets…

We provide an introduction into the formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics using the Wigner phase-space distribution function and apply this concept to two physical situations at the interface of quantum theory and general…

In this paper, we address a foundational challenge in quantum field theory on curved spacetime by developing a consistent framework within loop quantum gravity. We introduce a methodology for defining meaningful superpositions of quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-17 Gaoping Long , Cong Zhang

We present the coherent states of the harmonic oscillator in the framework of the generalized (gravitational) uncertainty principle (GUP). This form of GUP is consistent with various theories of quantum gravity such as string theory, loop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-03-04 Pouria Pedram

We propose a new kind of coherent state for the general $SO(D+1)$ formulation of loop quantum gravity in the $(1+D)$-dimensional space-time. Instead of Thiemann's coherent state for $SO(D+1)$ gauge theory, our coherent spin-network state is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-18 Gaoping Long , Cong Zhang , Xiangdong Zhang

We present a method for preparing various exotic modifications of Schr{\"o}dinger cat states by coupling a semiclassical oscillator to a system of qubits. Varying the number of qubits and parameters of the protocol (involving quantum quench…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-01 Pavel Stránský , Pavel Cejnar

The physics of intense laser-matter interactions is described by treating the light pulses classically, anticipating no need to access optical measurements beyond the classical limit. However, the quantum nature of the electromagnetic…

Schr\"{o}dinger cat states, consisting of superpositions of macroscopically distinct states, provide key resources for a large number of emerging quantum technologies in quantum information processing. Here we propose how to generate and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-14 Baijun Li , Wei Qin , Ya-Feng Jiao , Cui-Lu Zhai , Xun-Wei Xu , Le-Man Kuang , Hui Jing

It has been suggested that the nonlinear Schr\"odinger-Newton equation might approximate the coupling of quantum mechanics with gravitation, particularly in the context of the M{\o}ller-Rosenfeld semiclassical theory. Numerical results for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-09-28 J. R. van Meter

Recently proposed quantization in field theory based on an analogue of Hamiltonian formulation which treats space and time on equal footing (the so-called De Donder-Weyl theory) is applied to General Relativity in metric variables. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 I. V. Kanatchikov

We present a second-quantized field theory of massive spin one-half particles or antiparticles in the presence of a weak gravitational field treated as a spin two external field in a flat Minkowski background. We solve the difficulties…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-07 Christian J. Bordé , Jean-Claude Houard , Alain Karasiewicz

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

The Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) has a central role in the understanding of gravity and space-time. In its weak form, or Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP), it directly implies equivalence between inertial and gravitational mass.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-06-15 G. Rosi , G. D'Amico , L. Cacciapuoti , F. Sorrentino , M. Prevedelli , M. Zych , C. Brukner , G. M. Tino

The theory described by the sum of the Einstein-Hilbert action and the action of conformal scalar field possesses the duality symmetry which includes some special conformal transformation of the metric, and also inversion of scalar field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 I. L. Shapiro

We describe a refined version of a previous proposal for the exploration of quantum gravity phenomenology. Unlike the original scheme, the one presented here is free from sign ambiguities while it shares with the previous one the essential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 Yuri Bonder , Daniel Sudarsky

The most striking feature of quantum mechanics is the existence of superposition states, where an object appears to be in different situations at the same time. The existence of such states has been tested with small objects, like atoms,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-04-14 Oriol Romero-Isart , Mathieu L. Juan , Romain Quidant , J. Ignacio Cirac

Various models have been proposed in which the Schr\"odinger equation is modified to account for a decay of spatial coherences of massive objects. While optomechanical systems and matter-wave interferometry with large clusters are promising…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-21 Jiří Minář , Pavel Sekatski , Robin Stevenson , Nicolas Sangouard

In the framework of the method of constraint system quantization, a quantum gravitational system (QGS) with the maximally symmetric geometry is studied. The state vector of the QGS satisfies the set of wave equations which describes the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-05 V. E. Kuzmichev , V. V. Kuzmichev