Testing the weak equivalence principle for nonclassical matter with torsion balances

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06333v1
• Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 07:44:00 GMT
• Title: Testing the weak equivalence principle for nonclassical matter with torsion balances
• Abstract summary: We propose tests of the weak equivalence principle (WEP) using a torsion balance.<n>We derive a model to derive the matrix elements of the free-fall operator.<n>We demonstrate how the validity of the WEP may be tested in a torsion balance setup.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We propose tests of the weak equivalence principle (WEP) using a torsion balance, in which superposition of energy eigenstates are created in a controllable way for the test masses. After general considerations on the significance of tests of the WEP using quantum states and the need for considering inertial and gravitational masses as operators, we develop a model to derive the matrix elements of the free-fall operator, showing that the variance of the acceleration operator, in addition to its mean, enables estimation of violations of the WEP due to quantum coherence in a way that is robust with respect to shot-to-shot fluctuations. Building on this analysis, we demonstrate how the validity of the WEP may be tested in a torsion balance setup, by accessing the mean and variance of a torque operator we introduce and quantize. Due to the long acquisition times of the signal as compared to the timescale on which coherent superposition states may survive, we further propose a dynamical setting, where the torsion balance is subject to a time-dependent gravitational field, and measurements of angular acceleration encode possible violations of the WEP.

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