Environmental gravitational decoherence and a tensor noise model
arXiv:1502.01386 · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/626/1/012039
Abstract
We discuss decrease of coherence in a massive system due to the emission of gravitational waves. In particular we investigate environmental gravitational decoherence in the context of an interference experiment. The time-evolution of the reduced density matrix is solved analytically using the path-integral formalism. Furthermore, we study the impact of a tensor noise onto the coherence properties of massive systems. We discuss that a particular choice of tensor noise shows similarities to a mechanism proposed by Diosi and Penrose.
8 pages, 2 figures, based on a talk presented by FS at DICE 2014, Castiglioncello, Italy, 15th-19th September 2014