7 papers
Will we ever quantize the centers of mass of heavy systems? A case for a Heisenberg cut in quantum mechanics
Gabriel H. S. Aguiar, George E. A. Matsas
The quantum orthodoxy attests that all dynamical degrees of freedom should be quantized, including those associated with the centers of mass of composite/complex systems, such as p…
Nonperturbative Danielson-Satishchandran-Wald Decoherence with Unruh-DeWitt detectors
Levy B. N. Batista, André G. S. Landulfo, Robert B. Mann +1
Recently, Danielson, Satishchandran, and Wald (DSW) have proposed a novel source of decoherence for uniformly accelerated charges and masses in spatial superposition in spacetimes…
Larmor radiation as a witness to the Unruh effect
Atsushi Higuchi, George E. A. Matsas, Daniel A. T. Vanzella +5
We discuss the emission of radiation from general sources in quantum scalar, electromagnetic and gravitational fields using the Rindler coordinate frame, which is suitable for a un…
Emission of pairs of Minkowski photons through the lens of the Unruh effect
Juan V. O. Pêgas, Robert Bingham, Gianluca Gregori +1
We discuss the emission of pairs of photons by charges with generic worldlines in the Minkowski vacuum from the viewpoint of inertial observers and interpret them from the perspect…
Quantum internal vibrations in macroscopic systems with classical centers of mass
Gabriel H. S. Aguiar, George E. A. Matsas
Harmonizing classical and quantum worlds is a major challenge for modern physics. A significant portion of the scientific community supports the notion that classical mechanics is…
A simple gravitational self-decoherence model
Gabriel H. S. Aguiar, George E. A. Matsas
One of the most significant debates of our time is whether our macroscopic world (i) naturally emerges from quantum mechanics or (ii) requires new physics. We argue for the latter…