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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21808 |
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| author | Mieling, Thomas B. Morling, Thomas Hilweg, Christopher Walther, Philip |
| author_facet | Mieling, Thomas B. Morling, Thomas Hilweg, Christopher Walther, Philip |
| contents | Current models of quantum interference experiments in external gravitational fields lack a common framework: while matter-wave interferometers are commonly described using the Schrödinger equation with a Newtonian potential, gravitational effects in quantum optics are modeled using either post-Newtonian metrics or highly symmetric exact solutions to Einstein's field equations such as those of Schwarzschild and Kerr. To coherently describe both kinds of experiments, this paper develops a unified framework for modeling quantum interferometers in general stationary space-times. This model provides a rigorous description and coherent interpretation of the effects of classical gravity on quantum probes. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum interferometry in external gravitational fields Mieling, Thomas B. Morling, Thomas Hilweg, Christopher Walther, Philip General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics Current models of quantum interference experiments in external gravitational fields lack a common framework: while matter-wave interferometers are commonly described using the Schrödinger equation with a Newtonian potential, gravitational effects in quantum optics are modeled using either post-Newtonian metrics or highly symmetric exact solutions to Einstein's field equations such as those of Schwarzschild and Kerr. To coherently describe both kinds of experiments, this paper develops a unified framework for modeling quantum interferometers in general stationary space-times. This model provides a rigorous description and coherent interpretation of the effects of classical gravity on quantum probes. |
| title | Quantum interferometry in external gravitational fields |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21808 |