Ivette Fuentes: Can We Prove Gravity Is Not a Quantum Force?

Ivette Fuentes and Sir Roger Penrose probe whether gravity is quantum using quantum information theory — exploring quantum gravity research, quantum clocks, and the interface of QM and general relativity.

0:00 Intro
1:20 Unification in Physics
4:15 Ivette’s Background
21:00 Fundamental Questions Unanswered
23:54 Quantum Theory and Relativity
30:17 Superpositions
33:49 Using Technology to Develop New Theories
39:08 Exploring Large and Small Scales
48:32 Long Range Experiments / Quantum Teleportation
57:36 Quantum Clocks
1:06:46 Relativistic Quantum Clock Model
1:13:57 Does Gravity Collapse the Superposition?
1:17:18 Where the Field is Now
1:22:04 Bose-Einstein Condenstate
1:26:11 New Device: Atom Interferometer
1:37:38 Testing Ivette’s Predictions
1:38:53 Outro / Support TOE

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- Gravitational time dilation in extended quantum systems: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2204.07869
- QT/GR unification with BEC: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1812.04630
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