The simple reason why classical gravity can entangle

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02683v2
• Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:25:48 GMT
• Title: The simple reason why classical gravity can entangle
• Authors: Andrea Di Biagio,
• Abstract summary: More and more theories of classical gravity coupled to quantum matter have been shown to predict gravity-induced entanglement (GIE)<n>This note explains why this is possible, and why it makes the GIE experiments an even more urgent matter in quantum gravity research.
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• Abstract: Ever since gravity-induced entanglement (GIE) experiments have been proposed as a witness of the quantum nature of gravity, more and more theories of classical gravity coupled to quantum matter have been shown to predict GIE, despite the existence of several theory-independent no-go theorems purportedly claiming that it should not be possible. This note explains why this is possible, and why this makes the GIE experiments an even more urgent matter in quantum gravity research.

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