Gravitational decoherence: a general non relativistic model
Quantum Physics
2021-05-26 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We derive a general quantum master equation for the dynamics of a scalar bosonic particle interacting with a weak, stochastic and classical external gravitational field. The dynamics predicts decoherence in position, momentum and energy. We show how our master equation reproduces the results present in the literature by taking appropriate limits, thus explaining the apparent contradiction in their dynamical description. Our result is relevant in light of the increasing interest in the low energy quantum-gravity regime.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1905.01121,
title = {Gravitational decoherence: a general non relativistic model},
author = {Lorenzo Asprea and Giulio Gasbarri and Angelo Bassi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.01121},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
12 pages. Improved version. Fixed typos. Added Appendices