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We study the decoherence process associated with the scattering of stochastic backgrounds of gravitational waves. We show that it has a negligible influence on HYPER-like atomic interferometers although it may dominate decoherence of macroscopic motions, such as the planetary motion of the Moon around the Earth.
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Reynaud, S., Lamine, B., Lambrecht, A. et al. HYPER and Gravitational Decoherence. General Relativity and Gravitation 36, 2271–2288 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GERG.0000046183.31629.02
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