A comparison between models of gravity induced decoherence

DOI10.1007/S10701-015-9933-2zbMATH Open1330.81025arXiv1408.1194OpenAlexW2108275933MaRDI QIDQ905007FDOQ905007

Authors: Sayantani Bera, Sandro Donadi, Kinjalk Lochan, Tejinder P. Singh 

Publication date: 14 January 2016

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It has been suggested in the literature that spatial coherence of the wave function can be dynamically suppressed by fluctuations in the spacetime geometry. These fluctuations represent the minimal uncertainty that is present when one probes spacetime geometry with a quantum probe. Two similar models have been proposed, one by Di'osi [D-model] and one by Karolyhazy and collaborators [K-model], based on apparently unrelated minimal spacetime bounds. The two models arrive at somewhat different expressions for the dependence of the localization coherence length on the mass and size of the quantum object. In the present article we compare and contrast the two models from three aspects: (i) comparison of the spacetime bounds, (ii) method of calculating decoherence time, (iii) comparison of noise correlation. We show that under certain conditions the minimal spacetime bounds in the two models can be derived one from the other. We argue that the methods of calculating the decoherence time are equivalent. We re-derive the two-point correlation for the fluctuation potential in the K-model, and confirm the earlier result of Di'osi and Luk'acs that it is non-white noise, unlike in the D-model, where the corresponding correlation is white noise in time. This seems to be the origin of the different results in the two models. We derive the non-Markovian master equation for the K-model. We argue that the minimal spacetime bound cannot predict the noise correlation uniquely, and additional criteria are necessary to accurately determine the effects of gravitationally induced decoherence.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.1194

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zbMATH Keywords

gravitydecoherencequantum theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Noncommutative geometry in quantum theory (81R60)

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