Evidence for gravitons from decoherence by bremsstrahlung

Abstract

It is thought that gravitons are impossible to detect, even with the technological ability to construct experiments larger than Jupiter. However, in principle it is possible to detect the emission of single gravitons through the decoherence of relativistic Planck-mass superpositions by gravitational bremsstrahlung. Although enormous experimental challenges ensure that such an experiment will not be achievable in the foreseeable future, this possibility suggests that gravitons are not forever outside our empirical grasp. It is also evidence that decoherence as a detection method has untapped potential.