Quantifying superluminal signalling in Schrödinger-Newton model

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19260v1
• Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:56:38 GMT
• Title: Quantifying superluminal signalling in Schrödinger-Newton model
• Authors: Julia Osęka-Lenart, Marcin Płodzień, Maciej Lewenstein, Michał Eckstein,
• Abstract summary: We quantify the probability of a successful superluminal bit transfer via the single-particle Schrdinger-Newton equation.<n>We prove that the Einstein-Dirac system, which yields the Schrdinger-Newton equation in the non-relativistic limit, is perfectly compatible with the relativistic causal structure.
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• Abstract: The Schrödinger-Newton equation aims at describing the dynamics of massive quantum systems subject to the gravitational self-interaction. As a deterministic nonlinear quantum wave equation, it is generally believed to conflict with the relativistic no-signalling principle. Here we challenge this viewpoint and show that it is of key importance to study the quantitative and operational character of the superluminal effects. To this end we employ a rigorous formalism of probability measures on spacetime and quantify the probability of a successful superluminal bit transfer via the single-particle Schrödinger-Newton equation. We demonstrate that such a quantity decreases with the increasing size and mass of the system. Furthermore, we prove that the Einstein-Dirac system, which yields the Schrödinger-Newton equation in the non-relativistic limit, is perfectly compatible with the relativistic causal structure. Our study demonstrates that the Schrödinger-Newton equation, which is by construction non-relativistic, is in fact `more compatible' with the no-signalling principle than the ordinary free Schrödinger equation.

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