论文标题
重力波的量子力学
Quantum Mechanics of Gravitational Waves
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论文摘要
为了分析观察到的现象的目的，将重力视为遵守经典物理学的确定性原理，重力场遵守牛顿定律或爱因斯坦方程的重力。在这里，我们将重力场视为量子场，并确定这种治疗对实验性观察物的影响。我们发现，重力下降的身体受到随机波动（“噪声”）的特征，其特征取决于重力场的量子状态。我们得出一个随机方程，用于分离两个掉落的颗粒。在重力波检测器上可以测量的基本噪声的检测将证明重力的量化，并揭示其来源的重要特性。
For the purpose of analyzing observed phenomena, it has been convenient, and thus far sufficient, to regard gravity as subject to the deterministic principles of classical physics, with the gravitational field obeying Newton's law or Einstein's equations. Here we treat the gravitational field as a quantum field and determine the implications of such treatment for experimental observables. We find that falling bodies in gravity are subject to random fluctuations ("noise") whose characteristics depend on the quantum state of the gravitational field. We derive a stochastic equation for the separation of two falling particles. Detection of this fundamental noise, which may be measurable at gravitational wave detectors, would vindicate the quantization of gravity, and reveal important properties of its sources.
