On the interaction of mesoscopic quantum systems with gravity

DOI10.1002/ANDP.200410119MaRDI QIDQ4667724zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Carsten Weber, Claus Kiefer

Publication date 21 April 2005

Published in Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0408010

zbMATH Keywords

Dirac equationgravitational wavesgravitoelectromagnetismgravityKlein-Gordon equationquantum fluids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reaction effects in flows (76V05) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Gravitational waves (83C35)

Abstract: We review the different aspects of the interaction of mesoscopic quantum systems with gravitational fields. We first discuss briefly the foundations of general relativity and quantum mechanics. Then, we consider the non-relativistic expansions of the Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations in the post-Newtonian approximation. After a short overview of classical gravitational waves, we discuss two proposed interaction mechanisms: (i) the use of quantum fluids as generator and/or detector of gravitational waves in the laboratory, and (ii) the inclusion of gravitomagnetic fields in the study of the properties of rotating superconductors. The foundations of the proposed experiments are explained and evaluated.

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