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This paper has been withdrawn by the author after further work showed the proposed theoretical approach cannot fit planetary perihelion precession data. As presented, the theory doesn't fit gravitational light deflection by the sun either,…

General Physics · Physics 2014-03-28 Steven Kenneth Kauffmann

Does relativistic gravity provide arguments against the existence of a preferred frame? Our answer is negative. We define a viable theory of gravity with preferred frame. In this theory, the EEP holds exactly, and the Einstein equations of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-10-23 I. Schmelzer

A consistent theory of quantum gravity will require a fully quantum formulation of the classical equivalence principle. Such a formulation has been recently proposed in terms of the equality of the rest, inertial and gravitational mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-03 Saurya Das , Mitja Fridman , Gaetano Lambiase

The Strong equivalence Principle (SEP) states that the description of a physical system in a gravitational field is indistinguishable from the description of the same system at rest in an accelerating frame. While this statement holds true…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-12 Nirmalya Kajuri

The principle of equivalence postulating that an acceleration is indistinguishable from gravity by any experiment, is valid within families of particles having the same passive gravitational to inertial mass ratio $m_p/m_i$. Presently…

General Physics · Physics 2018-04-06 Clovis Jacinto de Matos , Murat Özer , Grzegorz Lukasz Izworsk

The equivalence of active and passive (EAP) gravitational mass is one of the most fundamental principles of gravity. But in contrast to the usual equivalence of inertial and (passive) gravitational mass, the EAP has not received much…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-21 Vasileios Fragkos , Igor Pikovski

Many professional physicists do not fully understand the implications of the Einstein equivalence principle of general relativity. Consequently, many are unaware of the fact that special relativity is fully capable of handling accelerated…

Physics Education · Physics 2019-07-05 R. A. Pepino , R. W. Mabile

Einstein's happiest thought was his leap from the observation that a falling person feels no gravity to the realization that gravity might be equivalent to acceleration. It affects all bodies in the same way because it is a property of…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2024-10-17 Paul Worden , James Overduin

We discuss some fundamental issues underlying gravitational physics and point out some of the main shortcomings of Einstein's General Relativity. In particular, after taking into account the role of the two main objects of relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-09-12 S. Capozziello , G. Lambiase

Quantum field theory (QFT) based on the principles of special relativity (SR) and it is in fact the \emph{kinematic theory of fields}. The root assumption is that there is "relativistic description" of \emph{any} isolated quantum system in…

General Physics · Physics 2018-08-02 Peter Leifer

We review our recent theoretical results about inequivalence between passive gravitational mass and energy for a composite quantum body at a macroscopic level. In particular, we consider macroscopic ensembles of the simplest composite…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-26 Andrei G. Lebed

In this talk, I present a theory of quantum gravity beyond Einstein. The theory is established based on spinnic and scaling gauge symmetries by treating the gravitational force on the same footing as the electroweak and strong forces. A…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-11-04 Yue-Liang Wu

The principle of equivalence in gravitational physics and its mathematical base are reviewed. It is demonstrated how this principle can be realized in classical electrodynamis. In general, it is valid at any given single point or along a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Bozhidar Z. Iliev

It is argued that, in order for the gravitational field to be propagated as a wave, it is necessary for it to satisfy a further set of field equations, in addition to those of Einstein and Hilbert, and these equations mean there is a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-07-03 Trevor W. Marshall

We review several theoretical aspects of the Equivalence Principle (EP). We emphasize the unsatisfactory fact that the EP maintains the absolute character of the coupling constants of physics while General Relativity, and its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Thibault Damour

The Strong Equivalence Principle (SEP) holds the full essence and meaning of the General Theory of Relativity as the nonlinear relativistic theory of gravitation. It asserts the universal coupling of gravity to all matter and its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-06 C. S. Unnikrishnan , George T. Gillies

We show that the Equivalence Principle (EP) is violated by Quantum Gravity (QG) effects. The predicted violations are compared to experimental observations for Gravitational Redshift, Law of Reciprocal Action and Universality of Free Fall.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-15 Subir Ghosh

We show that the recently formulated Equivalence Principle (EP) implies a basic cocycle condition both in Euclidean and Minkowski spaces, which holds in any dimension. This condition, that in one-dimension is sufficient to fix the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Gaetano Bertoldi , Alon E. Faraggi , Marco Matone

The Newtonian approximation for the gravitational field equation should not necessarily involve admission of non-relativistic properties of the source terms in Einstein's equations: it is sufficient to merely consider the weak-field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Nikolai V. Mitskievich

It was generally believed that, in general relativity, the fundamental laws of nature should be invariant or covariant under a general coordinate transformation. In general relativity, the equivalence principle tells us the existence of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Ning Wu , Tu-Nan Ruan