On Tests Of The Quantum Nature Of Gravitational Interactions In Presence Of Non-linear Corrections To Quantum Mechanics

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Giovanni Spaventa¹, Ludovico Lami^1,2,3,4, and Martin B. Plenio¹

¹Institute of Theoretical Physics and IQST, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 D-89081, Ulm, Germany
²QuSoft, Science Park 123, 1098 XG Amsterdam, the Netherlands
³Korteweg–de Vries Institute for Mathematics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 105-107, 1098 XG Amsterdam, the Netherlands
⁴Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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When two particles interact primarily through gravity and follow the laws of quantum mechanics, the generation of entanglement is considered a hallmark of the quantum nature of the gravitational interaction. However, we demonstrate that entanglement dynamics can also occur in the presence of a weak quantum interaction and non-linear corrections to local quantum mechanics, even if the gravitational interaction is classical or absent at short distances. This highlights the importance of going beyond entanglement detection to conclusively test the quantum character of gravity, and it requires a thorough examination of the strength of other quantum forces and potential non-linear corrections to quantum mechanics in the realm of large masses.

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Is gravity fundamentally quantum? One way to answer this question is to try and see whether two particles can get entangled via gravitational interactions. In fact, the entanglement between particles is taken as a hallmark of the quantum nature of gravity. However, this result rests on a hidden assumption: that the theory of quantum mechanics is fundamentally linear, even at the scales where gravity matters. In this work we show how a nonlinear theory with classical gravity (or no gravity at all) could reproduce the same entanglement that one expects from a theory in which gravity is traded as a coherent quantum interaction, opening a loophole in these kind of experiments. We then provide a way to experimentally falsify these nonlinear models, so that the linearity of the theory is certified, and the loophole is closed.

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@article{Spaventa2023testsofquantum, doi = {10.22331/q-2023-10-25-1157}, url = {https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2023-10-25-1157}, title = {On tests of the quantum nature of gravitational interactions in presence of non-linear corrections to quantum mechanics}, author = {Spaventa, Giovanni and Lami, Ludovico and Plenio, Martin B.}, journal = {{Quantum}}, issn = {2521-327X}, publisher = {{Verein zur F{“{o}}rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften}}, volume = {7}, pages = {1157}, month = oct, year = {2023}<br /> }

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On tests of the quantum nature of gravitational interactions in presence of non-linear corrections to quantum mechanics

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