Gravity-induced entanglement under constrained dynamics

Abstract:Tests of gravity-induced entanglement have been proposed as a route to probing the quantum nature of gravity, but existing schemes rely on free-fall interferometry of massive spatial superpositions, imposing severe experimental constraints. We show that systems exhibiting effectively inertial dynamics in the short-time regime reproduce the same gravitational phase accumulation responsible for entanglement generation. Deviations from the free-fall phase enter at order $(\tau/T)^2$, where $\tau$ is the interaction timescale and $T$ is the characteristic period of the constrained motion. We analyse a representative mechanically constrained implementation using carbon nanotube pendula and show that the resulting correction to the entangling phase remains small in experimentally relevant regimes, leading to a negligible modification of the interference visibility used to certify entanglement. These results demonstrate that gravity-induced entanglement protocols extend beyond free-fall implementations to a broader class of constrained dynamical systems, complementing existing proposals for experimental realisations of the Bose-Marletto-Vedral protocol.

arXiv:2605.00967 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2605.00967v2 [quant-ph] for this version)

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