Testing the equivalence principle through freely falling quantum objects

Lorenza Viola and Roberto Onofrio
Phys. Rev. D 55, 455 – Published 15 January 1997
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Abstract

Free fall in a uniform gravitational field is reexamined in the case of quantum states with and without a classical analogue. The interplay between kinematics and dynamics in the evolution of a falling quantum test particle is discussed allowing for a better understanding of the equivalence principle at the operational level.

  • Received 16 July 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.455

©1997 American Physical Society

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Lorenza Viola and Roberto Onofrio

  • Dipartimento di Fisica “G. Galilei,” Università di Padova, and INFN, Sezione di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, Padova, Italy 35131

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Vol. 55, Iss. 2 — 15 January 1997

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