Gravitation as a source of decoherence

It is believed that classical behavior emerges in a quantum system due to decoherence. It has also been proposed that gravity can be a source of this decoherence. We examine this in detail by studying a number of quantum systems, including ultra-relativistic and non-relativistic particles, at low an...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2017-09
Hauptverfasser: Das, Saurya, Robbins, Matthew P G, Vagenas, Elias C
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Zusammenfassung:It is believed that classical behavior emerges in a quantum system due to decoherence. It has also been proposed that gravity can be a source of this decoherence. We examine this in detail by studying a number of quantum systems, including ultra-relativistic and non-relativistic particles, at low and high temperatures in an expanding Universe, and show that this proposal is valid for a large class of quantum systems.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1709.07154