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GR: Fachverband Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie

GR 23: Main talk: Experimental Gravitation

GR 23.1: Invited Talk

Thursday, March 20, 2014, 16:30–17:15, SPA SR220

Schrödinger's Mirrors: confronting quantum physics with gravity — •Markus Aspelmeyer — University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), Vienna, Austria

Quantum optics provides a high-precision toolbox to enter and to control the quantum regime of the motion of massive mechanical objects. This opens the door to a hitherto untested parameter regime of macroscopic quantum physics. Due to the large available mass range -- from picograms in nanomechanical waveguides to kilograms in mirrors for gravitational wave detection -- it becomes possible to explore the fascinating interface between quantum physics and gravity in table-top quantum optics experiments.