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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
wifi event
Date
Nov 16, 2022   4:00 pm   5:00pm
Speaker
Markus Aspelmeyer (University of Vienna, Austria)
Contact
Kelly Darr
E-Mail
khdarr@illinois.edu
Phone
12173007821
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Originating Calendar
Physics - Colloquium

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.

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