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We study the continuous variable entanglement of a system of two particles under the influence of Earth's gravitational field. We determine a phase-space description of this bipartite system by calculating its Wigner function and verify its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-28 Rui Alves , Catarina Bastos , Orfeu Bertolami

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

Recent proposals are emerging for the experimental detection of entanglement mediated by classical gravity, carrying significant theoretical and observational implications. In fact, the detection of gravitational waves (GWs) in LIGO…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-07 Partha Nandi , Bibhas Ranjan Majhi , Nandita Debnath , Subhajit Kala

The gravity-scalar field system in spherical symmetry provides a natural setting for exploring gravitational collapse and its aftermath in quantum gravity. In a canonical approach, we give constructions of the Hamiltonian operator, and of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-26 Viqar Husain , Daniel R. Terno

In this work, based on a recently introduced localization scheme for scalar fields, we argue that the geometry of the space-time, where the particle states of a scalar field are localized, is intimately related to the quantum entanglement…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-15 Vasileios I. Kiosses

Two or more quantum systems are said to be in an entangled or non-factorisable state if their joint (supposedly pure) wave-function is not expressible as a product of individual wave functions but is instead a superposition of product…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas Durt

The wave-particle duality dates back to Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric effect through quanta of light and de Broglie's hypothesis of matter waves. Quantum mechanics uses an abstract description for the behavior of physical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-25 Xiao-song Ma , Johannes Kofler , Anton Zeilinger

In quantum mechanical experiments one distinguishes between the state of an experimental system and an observable measured in it. Heuristically, the distinction between states and observables is also suggested in scattering theory or when…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Arno Bohm , Peter W. Bryant

The phenomenon of quantum entanglement is thoroughly investigated, focussing especially on geometrical aspects and on bipartite systems. After introducing the formalism and discussing general aspects, some of the most important separability…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 Andreas Gabriel

We first review and critically examine some basic concepts and ambiguities related to quantum mechanics and quantum measurement to understand the success and shortcomings of current theories. We also touch on ideas regarding expression of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-05 Fariel Shafee

Advances in isolating, controlling and entangling quantum systems are transforming what was once a curious feature of quantum mechanics into a vehicle for disruptive scientific and technological progress. Pursuing the vision articulated by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-01 Natalie Klco , Alessandro Roggero , Martin J. Savage

Quantum operators of coordinates and momentum components of a particle in Minkowski space-time belong to a noncommutative algebra and give rise to a quantum phase space. Under some constraints, in particular, the Lorentz invariance…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-20 V. V. Khruschov

Quantum mechanics and general relativity have been extensively and independently confirmed in many experiments. However, the interplay of the two theories has never been tested: all experiments that measured the influence of gravity on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-07 Magdalena Zych , Fabio Costa , Igor Pikovski , Timothy C. Ralph , Caslav Brukner

Field mediated entanglement experiments probe the quantum superposition of macroscopically distinct field configurations. We show that this phenomenon can be described by using a transparent quantum field theoretical formulation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-22 Lin-Qing Chen , Flaminia Giacomini , Carlo Rovelli

Hallmarks of quantum mechanics include superposition and entanglement. In the context of large complex systems, these features should lead to situations like Schrodinger's cat, which exists in a superposition of alive and dead states…

In our previous work, we have explored quantum gravity induced entanglement of mass (QGEM) in curved spacetime, observing entanglement formation between particles moving along geodesics in a Schwarzschild spacetime background. We find that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-21 Chi Zhang , Fu-Wen Shu

The formalism of classical and quantum mechanics on phase space leads to symplectic and Heisenberg group representations, respectively. The Wigner functions give a representation of the quantum system using classical variables. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ajay Patwardhan

The quantum mechanics formalism introduced new revolutionary concepts challenging our everyday perceptions. Arguably, quantum entanglement, which explains correlations that cannot be reproduced classically, is the most notable of them.…

Complementarity, that is the ability of a quantum object to behave either as a particle or as a wave, is one of the most intriguing features of quantum mechanics. An exemplary Gedanken experiment, emphasizing such a measurement-dependent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-06 F. Kaiser , T. Coudreau , P. Milman , D. B. Ostrowsky , S. Tanzilli

Quantum entanglement is a key resource for quantum technologies, including emerging ground-to-satellite quantum communication. In such a scenario, an important challenge to be overcome is to consider entanglement between two or more quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-10 Yannick Noel Freitag , Julien Pinske , Jan Sperling