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Detecting single gravitons with quantum sensing

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  • Germain Tobar

    (Stockholm University
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)

  • Sreenath K. Manikandan

    (KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University)

  • Thomas Beitel

    (Stevens Institute of Technology)

  • Igor Pikovski

    (Stockholm University
    Stevens Institute of Technology)

Abstract

The quantization of gravity is widely believed to result in gravitons – particles of discrete energy that form gravitational waves. But their detection has so far been considered impossible. Here we show that signatures of single graviton exchange can be observed in laboratory experiments. We show that stimulated and spontaneous single-graviton processes can become relevant for massive quantum acoustic resonators and that stimulated absorption can be resolved through continuous sensing of quantum jumps. We analyze the feasibility of observing the exchange of single energy quanta between matter and gravitational waves. Our results show that single graviton signatures are within reach of experiments. In analogy to the discovery of the photo-electric effect for photons, such signatures can provide the first experimental clue of the quantization of gravity.

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  • Germain Tobar & Sreenath K. Manikandan & Thomas Beitel & Igor Pikovski, 2024. "Detecting single gravitons with quantum sensing," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-51420-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51420-8
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