Does quantum mechanics clash with the equivalence principle -- and does it matter?

DOI10.1007/s13194-010-0009-zzbMath1257.81002arXiv1008.5192WikidataQ125291223 ScholiaQ125291223MaRDI QIDQ693101

Craig Callender, Elias Okon

Publication date: 7 December 2012

Published in: European Journal for Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.5192

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravity; quantum mechanics; general relativity; equivalence principle; universality of free fall

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81P05: General and philosophical questions in quantum theory

81V17: Gravitational interaction in quantum theory

83C45: Quantization of the gravitational field

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