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I thank J. Eby, S. Shirai and V. Takhistov for discussions, and A. Derevianko and D. Jackson Kimball for feedback on the manuscript. This work was supported by the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI), MEXT, Japan, by JSPS KAKENHI grant number JP20K14460 and by the Australian Research Council under the Discovery Early Career Researcher award number DE210101593.
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Stadnik, Y.V. Highlighting the back-action contribution of matter to quantum sensor network performance in multi-messenger astronomy. Nat Astron 8, 434–438 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02245-4
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