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Hauptverfasser: van Manen, Linda M., Döner, M. Kemal, Großardt, André
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20993
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author van Manen, Linda M.
Döner, M. Kemal
Großardt, André
author_facet van Manen, Linda M.
Döner, M. Kemal
Großardt, André
contents We reconsider a thought experiment that employs the entanglement of the gravitational field with position space quantum states as a means for faster-than-light signaling. We present a protocol that includes the excitation to a higher internal energy level to increase sensitivity to gravitational phase shifts. We report that the explanations why previous versions of the thought experiment remain causally consistent are insufficient to avoid any possibility for faster-than-light signals in this case. An alternative resolution to prevent faster-than-light signaling is most reasonably the requirement for a (near) relativistic treatment. One such effect could be a decoherence channel unobserved in a nonrelativistic treatment.
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spellingShingle Causal consistency requirements for gravity-induced entanglement in near-relativistic systems with internal energy
van Manen, Linda M.
Döner, M. Kemal
Großardt, André
Quantum Physics
We reconsider a thought experiment that employs the entanglement of the gravitational field with position space quantum states as a means for faster-than-light signaling. We present a protocol that includes the excitation to a higher internal energy level to increase sensitivity to gravitational phase shifts. We report that the explanations why previous versions of the thought experiment remain causally consistent are insufficient to avoid any possibility for faster-than-light signals in this case. An alternative resolution to prevent faster-than-light signaling is most reasonably the requirement for a (near) relativistic treatment. One such effect could be a decoherence channel unobserved in a nonrelativistic treatment.
title Causal consistency requirements for gravity-induced entanglement in near-relativistic systems with internal energy
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20993