Quantum tests of the foundations of general relativity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/15/1/003MaRDI QIDQ4399344zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors C. Lämmerzahl

Publication date 4 February 1999

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9805009

zbMATH Keywords

experimental tests of general relativitygeneralized Pauli equationviolations of local Lorentz invariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

Abstract: The role of the equivalence principle in the context of non-relativistic quantum mechanics and matter wave interferometry, especially atom beam interferometry, will be discussed. A generalised form of the weak equivalence principle which is capable of covering quantum phenomena too, will be proposed. It is shown that this generalised equivalence principle is valid for matter wave interferometry and for the dynamics of expectation values. In addition, the use of this equivalence principle makes it possible to determine the structure of the interaction of quantum systems with gravitational and inertial fields. It is also shown that the path of the mean value of the position operator in the case of gravitational interaction does fulfill this generalised equivalence principle.

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