Measuring Coherent Radio and Microwave Photons from the Solar Corona

TL;DR

This paper estimates the production rates of coherent radio and microwave photons from the solar corona, discusses their detectability via quantum measurement techniques, and suggests ground-based experiments are feasible.

Contribution

It introduces a method to estimate quantum photon states from the solar atmosphere and proposes a novel ground-based detection approach using the inverse HOM effect.

Findings

Production rates of photon states are significant and detectable.

Decohering effects are minimal, supporting quantum coherence.

Ground-based measurements could observe these quantum states.

Abstract

The rates of production of radio/microwave N-identical photons states |N> from stimulated emission in the solar atmosphere are estimated. Effects of various decohering factors are shown to be small. Ground based measurements of these quantum states via the inverse HOM effect are proposed. We argue that a signal is detectable and far above the noise in several cases.