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Quantum Mechanics of Gravitational Waves

by George Zahariade

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We study the effect of a quantized gravitational wave on a LIGO-type gravitational wave detector. We find that the arm-length is subject to a stochastic tidal force whose properties depend on the exact quantum state of the gravitational field, if the gravitational field is quantized. The quantum nature of gravity may thus be detectable as an additional noise source at gravitational wave detectors.

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Joachim Kopp, Jorinde van de Vis, Valerie Domcke, Miguel Escudero Abenza, Andrea Caputo, Yohei Ema, Sung Mook Lee, Maksym Ovchynnikov, Matthew Joseph Lewandowski, Chiara Caprini, Gabriele Franciolini, Mauro Pieroni
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