Physics Colloquium: Markus Aspelmeyer (University of Vienna, Austria), Title: "How does a quantum object gravitate?"
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Markus Aspelmeyer (University of Vienna, Austria) |
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| Date: | 11/16/2022 |
| Time: | 5:00pm |
| Location: | Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom |
| Event Contact: | Kelly Darr 12173007821 khdarr@illinois.edu |
| Sponsor: | Department of Physics |
| Event Type: | Lecture |
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. |