Tests of Quantum Gravity near Measurement Events

Abstract

Experiments have recently been proposed testing whether quantum gravitational interactions generate entanglement between adjacent masses in position superposition states. We propose potentially less challenging experiments that test quantum gravity against theories with classical space-times defined by postulating semi-classical gravity (or classical effects of similar scale) for mesoscopic systems.

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