Existing experiments suffice to indirectly verify the quantum essence of gravity

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Authors: Martin Plávala
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Abstract

The gravity-mediated entanglement experiments employ concepts from quantum information to argue that if entanglement due to gravitational interaction is observed, then gravity cannot be described by a classical system. However, the proposed experiments remain beyond our current technological capability, with optimistic projections placing the experiment outside of the short-term future. Here we argue that current matter-wave interferometers are sufficient to indirectly prove that gravitational interaction creates entanglement between two systems. Specifically, we prove that if we experimentally verify the Schrödinger equation for a single delocalized system interacting gravitationally with an external mass, then, under one of two reasonable assumptions, the time evolution of two delocalized systems will lead to gravity-mediated entanglement.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Quantum Mechanics and Applications Relativity and Gravitational Theory Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Publication details

Journal / source
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
Volume
113
Issue
8
Publication date
16 March 2026
Language
EN