Space--time torsion contribution to quantum interference phases
Abstract
From the latest experimental readouts in this context an intriguing discrepancy has been elicited. Indeed, theory and experiment dissent by one per cent, and though this fact could be a consequence of the mounting of the experimental device, it might also embody a difference between the way in which gravity behaves in classical and quantum mechanics. In this work the effects, upon the interference pattern, of space--time torsion will be analyzed heeding its coupling with the spin of the neutron beam. It will be proved that, even with this contribution, there is enough leeway for a further discussion of the validity of the equivalence principle in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0303116,
title = {Space--time torsion contribution to quantum interference phases},
author = {Abel Camacho and Alfredo Macias},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0303116},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Contribution to the Proceedings of the Meeting ''Topics in Mathematical Physics, General Relativity, and Cosmology''. On the Occasion of the 75th Birthday of Jerzy F. Plebanski. CINVESTAV, September, 17th--20th, 2002