Entanglement decoherence in a gravitational well according to the event formalism

The event formalism is a nonlinear extension of quantum field theory designed to be compatible with the closed time-like curves that appear in general relativity. Whilst reducing to standard quantum field theory in flat space-time the formalism leads to testably different predictions for entanglemen...

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Veröffentlicht in:New journal of physics 2014-08, Vol.16 (8), p.85008-12
Hauptverfasser: Ralph, T C, Pienaar, J
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The event formalism is a nonlinear extension of quantum field theory designed to be compatible with the closed time-like curves that appear in general relativity. Whilst reducing to standard quantum field theory in flat space-time the formalism leads to testably different predictions for entanglement distribution in curved space. In this paper we introduce a more general version of the formalism and use it to analyse the practicality of an experimental test of its predictions in the Earthʼs gravitational well.
ISSN:1367-2630
1367-2630
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/16/8/085008