5–9 Jul 2026
University of Canterbury
Pacific/Auckland timezone

Gravity-Induced Entanglement in an infinite square well

9 Jul 2026, 13:30
20m
Room E7 (Rātā / Engineering Core Building, University of Canterbury)

Room E7

Rātā / Engineering Core Building, University of Canterbury

63 Creyke Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
Parallel Session Talk Parallel sessions

Speaker

Fu-Wen Shu (Nanchang University)

Description

Constructing a complete and self-consistent quantum gravity theory stands as one of the most significant challenges in theoretical physics. The main difficulties arise from two aspects: the theoretical difficulty stemming from the dual nature of general relativity, and the experimental observational difficulty due to the prohibitively high energy scale of quantum gravity. To this day, we still lack any conclusive experimental evidence for quantum gravitational effects. In fact, the fundamental question of whether gravity is inherently quantum remains controversial precisely because of this absence of definitive experimental proof.

In recent years, experimental proposals leveraging quantum gravity induced entanglement of masses to probe low-energy quantum gravitational effects show promise in providing a definitive resolution to this question. This report offers a brief review of relevant advances and introduces a novel scheme in an infinite square well.

Research Area Gravity: Geometric theory

Author

Fu-Wen Shu (Nanchang University)

Co-author

Dr Chi Zhang

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