Testing the foundation of quantum physics in space via Interferometric and non-interferometric experiments with mesoscopic nanoparticles

Giulio Gasbarri; Alessio Belenchia; Matteo Carlesso; Sandro Donadi; Angelo Bassi; Rainer Kaltenbaek; Mauro Paternostro; Hendrik Ulbricht

doi:10.1038/s42005-021-00656-7

Communications Physics (Jul 2021)

Testing the foundation of quantum physics in space via Interferometric and non-interferometric experiments with mesoscopic nanoparticles

Giulio Gasbarri,
Alessio Belenchia,
Matteo Carlesso,
Sandro Donadi,
Angelo Bassi,
Rainer Kaltenbaek,
Mauro Paternostro,
Hendrik Ulbricht

Affiliations

Giulio Gasbarri: Física Teòrica: Informació i Fenòmens Quàntics, Department de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Alessio Belenchia: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Matteo Carlesso: Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University
Sandro Donadi: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Angelo Bassi: Department of Physics, University of Trieste
Rainer Kaltenbaek: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana
Mauro Paternostro: Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University
Hendrik Ulbricht: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00656-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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This perspective presents current and future possibilities offered by space technology for testing quantum mechanics, with a focus on mesoscopic superposition of nanoparticles and the potential of interferometric and non-interferometric experiments in space.

Published in Communications Physics

ISSN: 2399-3650 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy: Astrophysics; Science: Physics
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsphys/

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