Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2009-08-26
Gen.Rel.Grav.43:2065-2088,2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Talk at the "Workshop on Gravitational Waves Detection with Atom Interferometry", Florence, Galileo Galilei Institute for Theo
Scientific paper
10.1007/s10714-010-1137-7
Space--time can be understood as some kind of space--time foam of fluctuating bubbles or loops which are expected to be an outcome of a theory of quantum gravity. One recently discussed model for this kind of space--time fluctuations is the holographic principle which allows to deduce the structure of these fluctuations. We review and discuss two scenarios which rely on the holographic principle leading to holographic noise. One scenario leads to fluctuations of the space--time metric affecting the dynamics of quantum systems: (i) an apparent violation of the equivalence principle, (ii) a modification of the spreading of wave packets, and (iii) a loss of quantum coherence. All these effects can be tested with cold atoms. These tests would supplement measurements of a so called ``mystery noise'' at the gravitational wave detector GEO600 which was recently speculated to have its origin in holographic noise.
Göklü Ertan
L{ä}mmerzahl Claus
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