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Quantum Mechanics of Gravitational Waves
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; Arizona State University, USA.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6489-6155
Number of Authors: 32021 (English)In: Physical Review Letters, ISSN 0031-9007, E-ISSN 1079-7114, Vol. 127, no 8, article id 081602Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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For the purpose of analyzing observed phenomena, it has been convenient, and thus far sufficient, to regard gravity as subject to the deterministic principles of classical physics, with the gravitational field obeying Newton’s law or Einstein’s equations. Here we treat the gravitational field as a quantum field and determine the implications of such treatment for experimental observables. We find that falling bodies in gravity are subject to random fluctuations (“noise”) whose characteristics depend on the quantum state of the gravitational field. We derive a stochastic equation for the separation of two falling particles. Detection of this fundamental noise, which may be measurable at gravitational wave detectors, would vindicate the quantization of gravity, and reveal important properties of its sources.

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2021. Vol. 127, no 8, article id 081602
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-198445DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.081602ISI: 000686914700003PubMedID: 34477439OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-198445DiVA, id: diva2:1609783
Available from: 2021-11-09 Created: 2021-11-09 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved

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