Is Einstein’s equivalence principle valid for a quantum particle?

Andrzej Herdegen and Jarosław Wawrzycki
Phys. Rev. D 66, 044007 – Published 19 August 2002
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Abstract

Einstein’s equivalence principle in classical physics is a rule stating that the effect of gravitation is locally equivalent to the acceleration of an observer. The principle determines the motion of test particles uniquely (modulo very broad general assumptions). We show that the same principle applied to a quantum particle described by a wave function on a Newtonian gravitational background determines its motion with a similar degree of uniqueness.

  • Received 3 December 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.66.044007

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Andrzej Herdegen*

  • Physics Department, University College Cork, Ireland
  • Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, ul. Reymonta 4, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

Jarosław Wawrzycki

  • Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, ul. Reymonta 4, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

  • *Electronic address: herdegen@th.if.uj.edu.pl
  • Present address: Institute of Nuclear Physics, ul. Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland. Electronic address: jwaw@th.if.uj.edu.pl

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Vol. 66, Iss. 4 — 15 August 2002

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