DECOHERENCE-INDUCED VIOLATIONS OF EINSTEIN EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE

DOI10.1142/S0218271801001542MaRDI QIDQ3376512zbMATHWikidataFDO

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Publication date 23 March 2006

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0107028

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) General relativity (83C99)

Abstract: In this essay it will be shown that Decoherence Model and Einstein Equivalence Principle are conceptually incompatible. In other words, assuming only the validity of the Weak Equivalence Principle the present work concludes that we face two possibilities: (i) if Decoherence Model provides a correct description of nature at quantum level, then there are systems which violate Local Position Invariance, or, (ii) if all the postulates behind Einstein Equivalence Principle are valid, even on quantum realm, then Decoherence Model breaks down in curved spacetimes. Finally, the present results are confronted against Schiff's conjecture.

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• Group-theoretical structure of quantum measurements and equivalence principle

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