Free‐Fall Non‐Universality in Quantum Theory
Abstract:
The author show by embodying the Einstein equivalence principle—local Poincaré invariance—and general covariance in quantum theory that wave-function spreading rules out the universality of free fall, that is, the free-fall trajectory of a quantum (test) particle depends on its internal properties. The author provide a quantitative estimate of the free-fall non-universality in terms of the Eötvös parameter, which turns out to be measurable in atom interferometry.
| Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT | Institut für Theoretische Physik (ITP) |
| Publikationstyp | Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| Publikationsjahr | 2023 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Identifikator | ISSN: 0003-3804, 1521-3889 KITopen-ID: 1000159419 |
| Erschienen in | Annalen der Physik |
| Verlag | Wiley-VCH Verlag |
| Seiten | Art.-Nr.: 2200386 |
| Vorab online veröffentlicht am | 28.05.2023 |
| Schlagwörter | gravitation, quantum field theory, quantum physics, relativity |
| Nachgewiesen in | Dimensions Web of Science Scopus |
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