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How Much Can Gravitons Be Squeezed?

广义相对论与量子宇宙学 2026-05-18 v1 宇宙学与河外天体物理 高能物理 - 唯象学 量子物理

摘要

Quantum Gravity remains elusive, largely because its observable effects are suppressed by powers of the Planck scale. Direct detection of single gravitons is widely believed to be impossible. Here we propose a concrete astrophysical mechanism that may overcome this suppression. We show that superradiant axion-like-particle clouds surrounding rotating black holes can generate multimode squeezed states of gravitons containing up to 10610^6 - 10710^7 correlated quanta. Such states exhibit distinctive polarization correlations and quantum-noise signatures that could be detectable in future gravitational-wave interferometers. Observation of these signatures would constitute direct evidence for the quantum nature of gravitational radiation. Conversely, their absence can place constraints on axion-cloud lifetimes. Our approach also provides a test of General Relativity as an effective field theory.

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@article{arxiv.2605.14797,
  title  = {How Much Can Gravitons Be Squeezed?},
  author = {Panagiotis Dorlis and Nick E. Mavromatos and Sarben Sarkar and Sotirios-Neilos Vlachos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.14797},
  year   = {2026}
}

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15 pages Revtex, one pdf figure incorporated, Third Award in 2026 Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition on Gravitation