Figure 8: Predicted values of the decoherence quantity in the optomechanical experiment.
This figure shows the predicted values of Dec(A|E)ρ as a function of the running time of the optomechanical experiment for different temperatures and for different materials of the mechanical element as calculated in the proposed model for gravitational decoherence. In addition, Dec(A|E)ρ is plotted for the case where gravitational decoherence is not taken into account. When the gap between the predicted values with and without gravitational decoherence is large enough, the decoherence estimation formalism allows for a test that potentially falsifies the proposed model for gravitational decoherence. The calculations have been made for the example experimental parameters g0=1 s−1, ωm=1 s−1 and γm=10−10 s−1.
