Experimenting with Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime in the Lab

Abstract

In this paper we will investigate how one can create emergent curved spacetimes by locally tuning the coupling constants of condensed matter systems. In the continuum limit we thus obtain continuous effective quantum fields living on curved spacetimes. In particular, using Stingnet condensates we can obtain effective electromagnetism. We will show for example how we obtain quantum electrodynamics in a blackhole (Schwarzschild) spacetime.

5 pages, to be published in the proceedings of LOOPS '11 in Journal of Physics: Conference Series