Absence of gravitationally induced entanglement in certain semi-classical theories of gravity

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20991v1
• Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:39:07 GMT
• Title: Absence of gravitationally induced entanglement in certain semi-classical theories of gravity
• Authors: Ward Struyve,
• Abstract summary: A class of semi-classical models is examined that treat gravity classically, through some potential in the Schr"odinger equation.<n>It is shown that these models do not generate entanglement.
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• Abstract: Bose et al. and Marletto and Vedral proposed an experiment to test whether gravity can induce entanglement between massive systems, arguing that the capacity to do so would imply the quantum nature of gravity. In this work, a class of semi-classical models is examined that treat gravity classically, through some potential in the Schr\"odinger equation, and it is shown that these models do not generate entanglement. This class includes the Newton-Schr\"odinger model, where gravity is sourced by the wave function, the Bohmian analogue, where gravity is sourced by actual point-particles, and an interpolating model proposed by D\"oner and Grossardt. These models are analyzed in the context of the proposed experiment and contrasted with the standard Newtonian potential, which does generate entanglement.

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