Gravitational time dilation induced decoherence during spontaneous emission

@article{Xie2015GravitationalTD,
  title={Gravitational time dilation induced decoherence during spontaneous emission},
  author={Dong Xie and Chunling Xu and An min Wang},
  journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics},
  year={2015}
}
We investigate decoherence of quantum superpositions induced by gravitational time dilation and spontaneous emission between two atomic levels. It has been shown that gravitational time dilation can be an universal decoherence source. Here, we consider decoherence induced by gravitational time dilation only in the situation of spontaneous emission. Then, we obtain that the coherence of particle's position state depends on reference frame due to the time dilation changing the distinguishability… 
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