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    "abstract": "We propose a quantum optical version of Schr\\\"{o}dinger\u0027s famous gedanken\nexperiment in which the state of a microscopic system (a cavity field) becomes\nentangled with and disentangled from the state of a massive object (a movable\nmirror). Despite the fact that a mixture of Schr\\\"{o}dinger cat states is\nproduced during the evolution (due to the fact that the macroscopic mirror\nstarts off in a thermal state), this setup allows us to systematically probe\nthe rules by which a superposition of spatially separated states of a\nmacroscopic object decoheres. The parameter regime required to test\nenvironment-induced decoherence models is found to be close to those currently\nrealizable, while that required to detect gravitationally induced collapse is\nwell beyond current technology.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/9712017",
    "authors": [
      "S. Bose",
      "K. Jacobs",
      "P. L. Knight"
    ],
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      "quant-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3204",
    "journal_ref": "Phys.Rev.A59:3204,1999",
    "title": "A Scheme to Probe the Decoherence of a Macroscopic Object",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9712017"
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