Physics Colloquium: Markus Aspelmeyer (University of Vienna, Austria), Title: "How does a quantum object gravitate?"
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Department of Physics
- Location
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
- Virtual
- Join online
- Date
- Nov 16, 2022 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Speaker
- Markus Aspelmeyer (University of Vienna, Austria)
- Contact
- Kelly Darr
- khdarr@illinois.edu
- Phone
- 12173007821
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- 260
No experiment today provides evidence that gravity requires a quantum description. The growing ability to achieve quantum optical control over massive solid-state objects may change that situation – by enabling experiments that directly probe the phenomenology of quantum states of gravitational source masses. I will review the current status in the lab and the challenges to be overcome for future experiments.