Quantum Gravity in a Laboratory?

ISBN-13: 9781009327534 / Miękka / 2023 / 75 str.

Columbia) Schneider Mike D. (University of Missouri

Opis

This Element critically investigates proposed tabletop experiments controversially claimed to produce and 'witness' the first laboratory quantum gravity phenomena.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical Prelude: `Semi-classical Gravity'; 3. Experimental Prelude: Quantum Probes in Two Traditions; 4. Gravitationally Induced Entanglement Experiments; 5. Two Paradigms from Fundamental Physics; 6. Witnessing Gravitational Quanta?; 7. Making Gravity Quantum: Control vs. Witness Traditions; 8. Concluding Remarks: Taking Stock of Quantum Gravity Phenomenology Appendix: A Newton-Cartan Analysis of Gravcats; Bibliography.