Present status and future challenges of non-interferometric tests of collapse models

M Carlesso, S Donadi, L Ferialdi, M Paternostro… - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
The superposition principle is the cornerstone of quantum mechanics, leading to a variety of
genuinely quantum effects. Whether the principle applies also to macroscopic systems or …

Collapse models: a theoretical, experimental and philosophical review

A Bassi, M Dorato, H Ulbricht - Entropy, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we review and connect the three essential conditions needed by the collapse
model to achieve a complete and exact formulation, namely the theoretical, the …

[HTML][HTML] Terrestrial very-long-baseline atom interferometry: Workshop summary

S Abend, B Allard, I Alonso, J Antoniadis… - AVS quantum …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This document presents a summary of the 2023 Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom
Interferometry Workshop hosted by CERN. The workshop brought together experts from …

Two-dimensional quantum motion of a levitated nanosphere

A Ranfagni, K Børkje, F Marino, F Marin - Physical Review Research, 2022 - APS
We report on the two-dimensional (2D) dynamics of a levitated nanoparticle in an optical
cavity. The motion of the nanosphere is strongly coupled to the cavity field by coherent …

Quantum gravitational sensor for space debris

MZ Wu, M Toroš, S Bose, A Mazumdar - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Matter-wave interferometers have fundamental applications for gravity experiments such as
testing the equivalence principle and the quantum nature of gravity. In addition, matter-wave …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum physics in space

A Belenchia, M Carlesso, Ö Bayraktar, D Dequal… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Advances in quantum technologies are giving rise to a revolution in the way fundamental
physics questions are explored at the empirical level. At the same time, they are the seeds …

Skew information correlations and local quantum Fisher information in two gravitational cat states

Z Dahbi, AU Rahman, M Mansour - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2023 - Elsevier
Simulating quantum features of quantum systems is an important path to approaching
quantum technologies and understanding the physical world. This paper inspects the …

Collapse dynamics are diffusive

S Donadi, L Ferialdi, A Bassi - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Noninterferometric experiments have been successfully employed to constrain models of
spontaneous wave function collapse, which predict a violation of the quantum superposition …

[HTML][HTML] Gravitational decoherence: A thematic overview

C Anastopoulos, BL Hu - AVS Quantum Science, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Gravitational decoherence (GD) refers to the effects of gravity in actuating the classical
appearance of a quantum system. Because the underlying processes involve issues in …

Gravitationally-induced wave function collapse time for molecules

AA Tomaz, RS Mattos, M Barbatti - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The Diósi–Penrose model states that the wave function collapse ending a quantum
superposition occurs due to the instability of coexisting gravitational potentials created by …