Nonlinear optical simulation of the post-Newton Schrodinger equation.

ABSTRACT: One of the grand open problems of modern physics is the unification of Einstein's general relativity and quantum mechanics. This challenge has been approached by the greatest physicists but there is still no complete theory and experimental evidence remains out of reach. The Newton-Schrödinger equation (NSE) offers insight into this puzzle, as it describes a quantum wavefunction under self-gravity dynamics. Having been studied theoretically for decades, optical experiment of this nonlinear model was demonstrated only in 2015. Although the NSE can be generalized to post-Newtonian gravity approximating general relativity, all experiments simulating nonlinear gravity so far have been limited to Newtonian gravity. Here we present experimental emulation of post-Newtonian dynamics by probing a n

SUBMITTER: Paz O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12048578 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature