{"record_type":"pith_number_record","schema_url":"https://pith.science/schemas/pith-number/v1.json","pith_number":"pith:2018:657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN","short_pith_number":"pith:657NUTFQ","schema_version":"1.0","canonical_sha256":"f77eda4cb07a86e25a2790c644ef7b835861e1a4a4e6ef1b86d59cbce0a8cba1","source":{"kind":"arxiv","id":"1808.05842","version":2},"attestation_state":"computed","paper":{"title":"On the possibility of laboratory evidence for quantum superposition of geometries","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["quant-ph"],"primary_cat":"gr-qc","authors_text":"Carlo Rovelli, Marios Christodoulou","submitted_at":"2018-08-17T12:47:50Z","abstract_excerpt":"We analyze the recent proposal of measuring a quantum gravity phenomenon in the lab by entangling two particles gravitationally. We give a generally covariant description of this phenomenon, where the relevant effect turns out to be a quantum superposition of proper times. We point out that measurement of this effect would count as evidence for quantum superposition of spacetime geometries. This interpretation addresses objections appeared in the literature. We observe that the effect sheds light on the Planck mass, and argue that it is very plausibly a real effect."},"verification_status":{"content_addressed":true,"pith_receipt":true,"author_attested":false,"weak_author_claims":0,"strong_author_claims":0,"externally_anchored":false,"storage_verified":false,"citation_signatures":0,"replication_records":0,"graph_snapshot":true,"references_resolved":false,"formal_links_present":false},"canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"1808.05842","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"metadata":{"license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"gr-qc","submitted_at":"2018-08-17T12:47:50Z","cross_cats_sorted":["quant-ph"],"title_canon_sha256":"97f36c111adbd66de42dc77931bc3035193b71eb5fa1896e0f4851a7108a7b7e","abstract_canon_sha256":"cf0df72fee2c9f0618436196fe9c2b71d93142a3e2578edf620e5ad31a73c25e"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"receipt":{"kind":"pith_receipt","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","signed_at":"2026-07-05T00:11:54.879391Z","signature_b64":"xco5XAZ9UTQp0K+q0HelAfRqYaXzTA0EIJFR1NqyLOnghcq6XDFmFiYaNdDPPXZvq/eQdLmwpNlIxhZuKeRWDw==","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","receipt_version":"0.3","canonical_sha256":"f77eda4cb07a86e25a2790c644ef7b835861e1a4a4e6ef1b86d59cbce0a8cba1","last_reissued_at":"2026-07-05T00:11:54.878857Z","signature_status":"signed_v1","first_computed_at":"2026-07-05T00:11:54.878857Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"graph_snapshot":{"paper":{"title":"On the possibility of laboratory evidence for quantum superposition of geometries","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["quant-ph"],"primary_cat":"gr-qc","authors_text":"Carlo Rovelli, Marios Christodoulou","submitted_at":"2018-08-17T12:47:50Z","abstract_excerpt":"We analyze the recent proposal of measuring a quantum gravity phenomenon in the lab by entangling two particles gravitationally. We give a generally covariant description of this phenomenon, where the relevant effect turns out to be a quantum superposition of proper times. We point out that measurement of this effect would count as evidence for quantum superposition of spacetime geometries. This interpretation addresses objections appeared in the literature. We observe that the effect sheds light on the Planck mass, and argue that it is very plausibly a real effect."},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1808.05842","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/1808.05842/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"},"aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"1808.05842","created_at":"2026-07-05T00:11:54.878924+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"1808.05842v2","created_at":"2026-07-05T00:11:54.878924+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.1808.05842","created_at":"2026-07-05T00:11:54.878924+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"657NUTFQPKDO","created_at":"2026-07-05T00:11:54.878924+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"657NUTFQPKDOEWRH","created_at":"2026-07-05T00:11:54.878924+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"657NUTFQ","created_at":"2026-07-05T00:11:54.878924+00:00"}],"events":[],"event_summary":{},"paper_claims":[],"inbound_citations":{"count":4,"internal_anchor_count":0,"sample":[{"citing_arxiv_id":"2606.30853","citing_title":"Rethinking quantum information in gravity and fields","ref_index":78,"is_internal_anchor":false},{"citing_arxiv_id":"1906.11184","citing_title":"Entanglement dynamics of two mesoscopic objects with gravitational interaction","ref_index":5,"is_internal_anchor":false},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2512.02156","citing_title":"Testing ER = EPR with Hydrogen","ref_index":53,"is_internal_anchor":false},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2601.03214","citing_title":"When does entanglement through gravity imply gravitons?","ref_index":3,"is_internal_anchor":false}]},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"sample":[],"anchors":[]},"links":{"html":"https://pith.science/pith/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN","json":"https://pith.science/pith/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN.json","graph_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN/graph.json","events_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN/events.json","paper":"https://pith.science/paper/657NUTFQ"},"agent_actions":{"view_html":"https://pith.science/pith/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN","download_json":"https://pith.science/pith/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN.json","view_paper":"https://pith.science/paper/657NUTFQ","resolve_alias":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/resolve?arxiv=1808.05842&json=true","fetch_graph":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN/graph.json","fetch_events":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN/events.json","actions":{"anchor_timestamp":"https://pith.science/pith/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN/action/timestamp_anchor","attest_storage":"https://pith.science/pith/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN/action/storage_attestation","attest_author":"https://pith.science/pith/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN/action/author_attestation","sign_citation":"https://pith.science/pith/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN/action/citation_signature","submit_replication":"https://pith.science/pith/657NUTFQPKDOEWRHSDDEJ333QN/action/replication_record"}},"created_at":"2026-07-05T00:11:54.878924+00:00","updated_at":"2026-07-05T00:11:54.878924+00:00"}