Can we detect the quantum nature of weak gravitational fields?
arXiv:2110.02542 · doi:10.3390/universe7110414
Abstract
A theoretical framework for the quantization of gravity has been an elusive Holy Grail since the birth of quantum theory and general relativity. While generations of scientists have attempted solutions to this deep riddle, an alternative path built upon the idea that experimental evidence could determine whether gravity is quantized has been decades in the making. The possibility of an experimental answer to the question of the quantization of gravity is of renewed interest in the era of gravitational wave detectors. We review and investigate an important subset of phenomenological quantum gravity, detecting quantum signatures of weak gravitational fields in table-top experiments and interferometers.
Submitted to Universe, invited contribution to the topical issue "Probing Quantum Gravity."
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