Fluctuations of spacetime and holographic noise in atomic interferometry

DOI10.1007/S10714-010-1137-7zbMATH Open1219.83078arXiv0908.3797OpenAlexW3101552198MaRDI QIDQ634151FDOQ634151

E. Göklü, C. Lämmerzahl

Publication date: 2 August 2011

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Space--time can be understood as some kind of space--time foam of fluctuating bubbles or loops which are expected to be an outcome of a theory of quantum gravity. One recently discussed model for this kind of space--time fluctuations is the holographic principle which allows to deduce the structure of these fluctuations. We review and discuss two scenarios which rely on the holographic principle leading to holographic noise. One scenario leads to fluctuations of the space--time metric affecting the dynamics of quantum systems: (i) an apparent violation of the equivalence principle, (ii) a modification of the spreading of wave packets, and (iii) a loss of quantum coherence. All these effects can be tested with cold atoms. These tests would supplement measurements of a so called ``mystery noise at the gravitational wave detector GEO600 which was recently speculated to have its origin in holographic noise.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0908.3797

zbMATH Keywords

decoherenceholographic principlequantum gravity phenomenologyspacetime fluctuationsUFFwavepacket dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to physics (62P35) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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