At What Point Does Spacetime Become Quantum?
Probing Quantum Gravity by Merging Quantum and Classical Scales in the Lab
Discover how physicists are using lab-bench experiments, bridging the quantum and classical worlds at the mesoscale, to test the fundamental nature of gravity and spacetime itself.
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- Perform Cavendish-style experiments with micro-masses to test gravity’s laws at ultra-short distances.
- Observe quantum entanglement in genuinely macroscopic systems, like the mirrors of the LIGO observatory.
- Decoherence quantifies how the familiar classical world emerges from underlying quantum mechanics.
- These experiments aim to detect gravitationally mediated entanglement, which would confirm gravity is fundamentally quantum.
This discussion explores intermediate "mesos scale" physics where classical and quantum rules overlap. By either weakening gravity signals relative to other forces or strengthening quantum signals to macroscopic levels, researchers hope to find the limits of known physics without needing a solar system-sized particle collider.
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Thanks for you support Space Timers! Be sure to like and comment to help share this video. If you want more of Matt talking about physics once you've watched this video, we had a great talk with Dr. Don Lincoln about the biggest unanswered questions, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/16LFXIJmQU8 and Matt had a great talk on the Cool Worlds Podcast here: https://youtu.be/V7QjrsadlKQ?list=PL-Wt6HxX56LHTLNfX18pKEHfCXXwbbmVW
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Top Comments (10)
There will never be enough PBS Spacetime videos. I love this channel
Thanks for you support Space Timers! Be sure to like and comment to help share this video. If you want more of Matt talking about physics once you've watched this video, we had a great talk with Dr. Don Lincoln about the biggest unanswered questions, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/16LFXIJmQU8 and Matt had a great talk on the Cool Worlds Podcast here: https://youtu.be/V7QjrsadlKQ?list=PL-Wt6HxX56LHTLNfX18pKEHfCXXwbbmVW
We gotta make sure that these information channels don't get taken down. We need PBS!
Oh algorithm lords keep this channel alive please and thank you
Youtube better not be hiding my spacetime
DO NOT let this channel die
thank you pbs spacetiming for keeping real science alive
Hey algorithm— don’t hide episodes! This is one of the best shows on YouTube along with star talk.
The algorithm sometimes fails, this channel doesn't.
Thanks a lot to all the people of PBS Space Time. ¡Muchas gracias por vuestra claridad y elocuencia!