A novel violation of the equivalence principle
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2025-12-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
It is generally assumed that any discrepancy between an object's inertial and gravitational masses, leading to a violation of the equivalence principle, arises from the nature of its internal constituents and their interactions. We show here that the difference can instead be a function of the distance of the object from a gravitating body, and suggest ways of testing this, illustrating side-by-side a covariant framework for the same.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.17020,
title = {A novel violation of the equivalence principle},
author = {Saurya Das and Mitja Fridman and Sourav Sur},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.17020},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
8 pages, 2 figures. To appear in Pramana-J.Phys