Universality in the gravitational stretching of clocks, waves and quantum states

DOI10.1142/S0218271811020615MaRDI QIDQ4914252zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors C. S. Unnikrishnan, George T. Gillies

Publication date 18 April 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.4151

zbMATH Keywords

atom interferometrygravimetrygravitational redshiftgravitational time dilationquantum states

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

Abstract: There are discernible and fundamental differences between clocks, waves and physical states in classical physics. These fundamental concepts find a common expression in the context of quantum physics in gravitational fields; matter and light waves, quantum states and oscillator clocks become quantum synonymous through the Planck-Einstein-de Broglie relations and the equivalence principle. With this insight, gravitational effects on quantum systems can be simply and accurately analyzed. Apart from providing a transparent framework for conceptual and quantitative thinking on matter waves and quantum states in a gravitational field, we address and resolve with clarity the recent controversial discussions on the important issue of the relation and the crucial difference between gravimetery using atom interferometers and the measurement of gravitational time dilation.

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