General relativistic effects in quantum interference of "clocks"

Autor(en)

M. Zych, I. Pikovski, F. Costa, C. Brukner

Abstrakt

Quantum mechanics and general relativity have been each successfully tested in numerous experiments. However, the regime where both theories are jointly required to explain physical phenomena remains untested by laboratory experiments, and is also not fully understood by theory. This contribution reviews recent ideas for a new type of experiments: quantum interference of "clocks", which aim to test novel quantum effects that arise from time dilation. "Clock" interference experiments could be realised with atoms or photons in near future laboratory experiments.

Organisation(en)

Quantenoptik, Quantennanophysik und Quanteninformation

Externe Organisation(en)

University of Queensland, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)

Anzahl der Seiten

13

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/723/1/012044

Publikationsdatum

2016

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103025 Quantenmechanik, 103028 Relativitätstheorie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/56dc841f-eb9c-4d4d-8a40-778d2c71f5c4