Squeezed States in Gravity

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Main Authors: Das, Arunima, Parikh, Maulik, Wilczek, Frank, Wutte, Raphaela
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Published: 2025
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author Das, Arunima
Parikh, Maulik
Wilczek, Frank
Wutte, Raphaela
author_facet Das, Arunima
Parikh, Maulik
Wilczek, Frank
Wutte, Raphaela
contents We present a general framework for the production of squeezed quantum states of the gravitational field in linearized quantum gravity. Time-dependent couplings in the quadratic part of the action generically produce squeezed states from the vacuum. Using the harmonic oscillator as an example, we describe three techniques to obtain the squeezing parameter from such quadratic terms. For gravity, the action to quadratic order in metric perturbations contains couplings both to background curvature as well as to matter sources. Thus, both time-dependent classical spacetimes and time-dependent classical matter typically produce squeezed states of gravity.
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spellingShingle Squeezed States in Gravity
Das, Arunima
Parikh, Maulik
Wilczek, Frank
Wutte, Raphaela
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We present a general framework for the production of squeezed quantum states of the gravitational field in linearized quantum gravity. Time-dependent couplings in the quadratic part of the action generically produce squeezed states from the vacuum. Using the harmonic oscillator as an example, we describe three techniques to obtain the squeezing parameter from such quadratic terms. For gravity, the action to quadratic order in metric perturbations contains couplings both to background curvature as well as to matter sources. Thus, both time-dependent classical spacetimes and time-dependent classical matter typically produce squeezed states of gravity.
title Squeezed States in Gravity
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20601