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Classical and quantum scattering by a gravitational center

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-07-25 v1

Abstract

The small angle scattering (by a gravitational field) of classical and quantum particles is considered and compared. It is suggested that the differences in small angle scattering of particles with spin 0, 1, 2 are due to the nonzero probability of forward scattering for particles described by a wave packet. It is suggested that measurements of the deflection of light in the vicinity of the Sun will decide which coordinate system is the privileged one.

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@article{arxiv.0807.3861,
  title  = {Classical and quantum scattering by a gravitational center},
  author = {A. I. Nikishov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.3861},
  year   = {2008}
}

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11 pages, no figures

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