Metric fluctuations and the weak equivalence principle
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DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/10/105012zbMATH Open1140.83335arXiv0801.4553OpenAlexW1994467392MaRDI QIDQ3499261FDOQ3499261
Authors: E. Göklü, C. Lämmerzahl 
Publication date: 29 May 2008
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We describe space--time fluctuations by means of small fluctuations of the metric on a given background metric. From a minimally coupled Klein--Gordon equation we obtain within a weak-field approximation up to second order and an averaging procedure over a finite space--time scale given by the quantum particle in the non--relativistic limit a modified Schr"odinger equation. The dominant modification consists in an anomalous inertial mass tensor which depends on the type of particle and on the fluctuation scenario. The scenario considered in this paper is a most simple picture of spacetime fluctuations and gives an existence proof for an apparent violation of the weak equivalence principle and, in general, for a violation of Lorentz invariance.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4553
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