Information content of the gravitational field of a quantum superposition

被引:35
作者
Belenchia, Alessio [1 ]
Wald, Robert M. [2 ,3 ]
Giacomini, Flaminia [4 ]
Castro-Ruiz, Esteban [4 ]
Brukner, Caslav [4 ,5 ,6 ]
Aspelmeyer, Markus [4 ,5 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Queens Univ, Ctr Theoret Atom Mol & Opt Phys, Sch Math & Phys, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland
[2] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, 5640 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[3] Univ Chicago, Dept Phys, 5640 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[4] Austrian Acad Sci, IQOQI, Boltzmanngasse 3, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
[5] Univ Vienna, Fac Phys, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
[6] Univ Vienna, Res Platform TURIS, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D | 2019年 / 28卷 / 14期
基金
欧盟地平线“2020”; 欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
Quantum gravity; quantum fluctuations; gravitational radiation; quantum information;
D O I
10.1142/S0218271819430016
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
When a massive quantum body is put into a spatial superposition, it is of interest to consider the quantum aspects of the gravitational field sourced by the body. We argue that in order to understand how the body may become entangled with other massive bodies via gravitational interactions, it must be thought of as being entangled with its own Newtonian-like gravitational field. Thus, a Newtonian-like gravitational field must be capable of carrying quantum information. Our analysis supports the view that table-top experiments testing entanglement of systems interacting via gravity do probe the quantum nature of gravity, even if no "gravitons" are emitted during the experiment.
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