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Testing the Equivalence Principle in the Quantum Regime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-25 v1

Abstract

We consider possible tests of the Einstein Equivalence Principle for physical systems in which quantum-mechanical vacuum energies cannot be neglected. Specific tests include a search for the manifestation of non-metric effects in Lamb-shift transitions of Hydrogenic atoms and in anomalous magnetic moments of massive leptons. We discuss how current experiments already set bounds on the violation of the equivalence principle in this sector and how new (high-precision) measurements of these quantities could provide further information to this end.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9605039,
  title  = {Testing the Equivalence Principle in the Quantum Regime},
  author = {C. Alvarez and R. B. Mann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9605039},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages, harvmac, Honorable mention in the Gravity Research Foundation Essay Contest

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