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The Disconnect Between Quantum Mechanics and Gravity

Quantum Physics 2010-11-17 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

There is a serious disconnect between quantum theory and gravity. It occurs at the level of the very foundations of quantum theory, and is far deeper than just the matter of trying to quantize a non-linear theory. We shall examine some of the physical reasons for this disconnect and show how it manifests itself at the beginning, at the level of the equivalence principle.

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@article{arxiv.1011.3719,
  title  = {The Disconnect Between Quantum Mechanics and Gravity},
  author = {Daniel M. Greenberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.3719},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

12 pp. This paper is a companion piece to the article "Conceptual Problems Related to Time and Mass in Quantum Theory", which was submitted as a contribution to a conference in honor of John Polkinghorne's 80th birthday, Oxford, Sept. 2010

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