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A simple gravitational self-decoherence model

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14155v2
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 18:33:27 GMT
Title: A simple gravitational self-decoherence model
Authors: Gabriel H. S. Aguiar, George E. A. Matsas,
Abstract summary: We propose a simple gravitational self-decoherence mechanism. The purity loss for a free quantum particle is evaluated and shown to be extremely inefficient for elementary particles. The physical picture behind it is that coherence would easily leak from heavy enough particles to spacetime quantum degrees of freedom.
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Abstract: One of the greatest debates of our time is whether our macroscopic world (i) naturally emerges from quantum mechanics or (ii) requires new physics. We argue for (ii) and propose a simple gravitational self-decoherence mechanism. The purity loss for a free quantum particle is evaluated and shown to be extremely inefficient for elementary particles but very effective for those at the Planck scale. The physical picture behind it is that coherence would easily leak from heavy enough particles to (non-observable) spacetime quantum degrees of freedom.

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