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Measuring decoherence due to quantum vacuum fluctuations
Anirudh Gundhi, Hendrik Ulbricht
arXiv: 2501.17928v1 (quant-ph)
License: CC BY 4.0
Abstract: The interaction of a particle with vacuum fluctuations -- which theoretically exist even in the complete absence of matter -- can lead to observable irreversible decoherence, if it were possible to switch on and off the particle charge suddenly. We compute the leading order decoherence effect for such a scenario and propose an experimental setup for its detection. Such a measurement might provide further insights into the nature of vacuum fluctuations and a novel precision test for the decoherence theory.
Submitted to arXiv on 29 Jan. 2025