Can classical theories of gravity produce entanglement?
Abstract
A recent paper published on Nature [Nature,646,813(2025)] by Aziz and Howl, claims that quantum particles become entangled when they interact gravitationally, even if the gravitational potential is treated classically. We show that the entanglement found by the authors stems from discarding some of the transition amplitudes, which, when kept, guarantee that an initially factorized state remains so over time. Therefore, no entanglement is generated by the classical gravitational interaction in th...
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A recent paper published on Nature [Nature,646,813(2025)] by Aziz and Howl, claims that quantum particles become entangled when they interact gravitationally, even if the gravitational potential is treated classically. We show that the entanglement found by the authors stems from discarding some of the transition amplitudes, which, when kept, guarantee that an initially factorized state remains so over time. Therefore, no entanglement is generated by the classical gravitational interaction in the scenario considered by the authors.
Source: arXiv:2604.19696v1 - http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19696v1 PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.19696v1 Original Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19696v1
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Apr 22, 2026
Quantum Computing
Quantum Physics
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