Quantum superposition of two gravitational cat states

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABBE6FzbMATH Open1479.83067arXiv2007.06446OpenAlexW3092647440MaRDI QIDQ5162428FDOQ5162428

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Publication date: 2 November 2021

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We extend our earlier work on probing a gravitational cat state (gravcat)---see, arXiv:1504.03103 ---to the quantum superposition of two gravcats in an exemplary model and in Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC). In addition to its basic theoretical values in gravitational quantum physics and macroscopic quantum phenomena this investigation can provide some theoretical support to experimental proposals for measuring gravity-induced entanglement and the quantum nature of perturbative gravity. In the first part we consider cat states generated by double-well potentials. Approximated as two-level systems, a pair of gravcats is characterized by gravity-induced Rabi oscillations, and by gravity-induced entanglement of its energy eigenstates. In the second part we turn to a (non-relativistic) quantum field theory description and derive a gravitational Gross-Pitaevsky equation for gravcats formed in BECs. Using a mathematical analogy to quantum rotors, we explore the properties of the two-gravcat system for BECs, its physical consequences and observational possibilities. Finally we discuss our results in comparison to predictions of alternative quantum theories, and we explain their implications.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.06446

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zbMATH Keywords

entanglementgravitational decoherencequantum superpositionsgravitational quantum physicsBose Einstein condensates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Bosonic systems in quantum theory (81V73)

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