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HYPER and gravitational decoherence

arXiv:quant-ph/0311024 · doi:10.1023/B:GERG.0000046183.31629.02

Abstract

We study the decoherence process associated with the scattering of stochastic backgrounds of gravitational waves. We show that it has a negligible influence on HYPER-like atomic interferometers although it may dominate decoherence of macroscopic motions, such as the planetary motion of the Moon around the Earth.

9 pages, 4 figures, HYPER Symposium 2002 atomoptic.iota.u-psud.fr/hyper/