On the origin of force sensitivity in tests of quantum gravity with delocalised mechanical systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04745v2
• Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:45:22 GMT
• Title: On the origin of force sensitivity in tests of quantum gravity with delocalised mechanical systems
• Authors: Julen S. Pedernales and Martin B. Plenio
• Abstract summary: We explore the relationship between the sensitivity of mechanical systems to external forces and the properties of the quantum states they are prepared in. We show that two commonly considered configurations get entangled at the same rate provided that they are equally delocalised in space. Our description in phase space and the established relation between force sensitivity and entanglement sheds light on the intricacies of why the equivalence between these two configurations holds.
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• Abstract: The detection of the quantum nature of gravity in the low-energy limit hinges on achieving an unprecedented degree of force sensitivity with mechanical systems. Against this background, we explore the relationship between the sensitivity of mechanical systems to external forces and the properties of the quantum states they are prepared in. We establish that the main determinant of the force sensitivity in pure quantum states is their spatial delocalisation and we link the force sensitivity to the rate at which two mechanical systems become entangled under a quantum force. We exemplify this at the hand of two commonly considered configurations. One that involves gravitationally interacting objects prepared in non-Gaussian states such as Schr\"odinger-cat states, where the generation of entanglement is typically ascribed to the accumulation of a dynamical phase between components in superposition. The other prepares particles in Gaussian states that are strongly squeezed in momentum and delocalised in position where entanglement generation is attributed to accelerations. We offer a unified description of these two arrangements using the phase-space representation and link their entangling rate to their force sensitivity, showing that both configurations get entangled at the same rate provided that they are equally delocalised in space. Our description in phase space and the established relation between force sensitivity and entanglement sheds light on the intricacies of why the equivalence between these two configurations holds, something that is not always evident in the literature, due to the distinct physical and analytical methods employed to study each of them. Notably, we demonstrate that while the conventional computation of entanglement via the dynamical phase remains accurate for Schr\"odinger-cat states, it yields erroneous estimations for systems in squeezed cat states.

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