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The noise of gravitons
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Arizona State University, USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China.
Number of Authors: 32020 (English)In: International Journal of Modern Physics D, ISSN 0218-2718, Vol. 29, no 14, article id 2042001Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We show that when the gravitational field is treated quantum-mechanically, it induces fluctuations - noise - in the lengths of the arms of gravitational wave detectors. The characteristics of the noise depend on the quantum state of the gravitational field and can be calculated exactly in several interesting cases. For coherent states, the noise is very small, but it can be greatly enhanced in thermal and (especially) squeezed states. Detection of this fundamental noise would constitute direct evidence for the quantization of gravity and the existence of gravitons.

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2020. Vol. 29, no 14, article id 2042001
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Gravitational waves, gravitons, quantum gravity phenomenology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-191277DOI: 10.1142/S0218271820420018ISI: 000605609100042Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85095110677OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-191277DiVA, id: diva2:1538135
Available from: 2021-03-18 Created: 2021-03-18 Last updated: 2022-11-10Bibliographically approved

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