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IS QUANTUM GRAVITY A SUPER-QUANTUM THEORY?

LAY NAM CHANG

Department of Physics MC 0435, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

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ZACHARY LEWIS

Department of Physics MC 0435, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

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DJORDJE MINIC

Department of Physics MC 0435, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

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TATSU TAKEUCHI

Department of Physics MC 0435, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba-ken 277-8583, Japan

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Abstract

We argue that quantum gravity should be a super-quantum theory, that is, a theory whose nonlocal correlations are stronger than those of canonical quantum theory. As a super-quantum theory, quantum gravity should display distinct experimentally observable super-correlations of entangled stringy states.

This essay received an honorable mention in the 2013 Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation.

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PACS: 03.65.Ud, 04.60.–m, 04.60.Bc

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