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We investigate the particle-antiparticle symmetry of the gravitationally coupled Dirac equation, both on the basis of the gravitational central-field problem and in general curved space-time backgrounds. First, we investigate the…

General Physics · Physics 2019-12-20 U. D. Jentschura

The quantization of time-reparametrization invariant systems such as general relativity is plagued by an ambiguity relating to the role of time in the theory. If one parametrizes observables by the (unobservable) time, and then relies on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Steven Weinstein

In this short note we show how the Generalised Uncertainty Principle (GUP) and the Extended Uncertainty Principle (EUP), two of the most common generalised uncertainty relations proposed in the quantum gravity literature, can be derived…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-17 Matthew J. Lake , Marek Miller , Ray Ganardi , Tomasz Paterek

The logical foundations of Bell's inequality are reexamined. We argue that the form of the reality condition that underpins Bell's inequality comes from the requirement of solving the quantum measurement problem. Hence any violation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-19 John V. Corbett , Dipankar Home

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

Einstein's Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP), the universality of free fall, is a fundamental component of general relativity and other metric theories of gravity. Its validity can be tested through the post-Newtonian parameter gamma, which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-21 Tian-Cong Wang , Aleksandra Piorkowska - Kurpas , Marek Biesiada , He Gao

Despite almost a century's worth of study, it is still unclear how general relativity (GR) and quantum theory (QT) should be unified into a consistent theory. The conventional approach is to retain the foundational principles of QT, such as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-26 Richard Howl , Roger Penrose , Ivette Fuentes

Quantum mechanics rests on the assumption that time is a classical variable. As such, classical time is assumed to be measurable with infinite accuracy. However, all real clocks are subject to quantum fluctuations, which leads to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 J. M. Isidro , J. L. Gonzalez-Santander , P. Fernandez de Cordoba

The MICROSCOPE space mission aims at testing the Equivalence Principle (EP) with an accuracy of $10^{-15}$. The test is based on the precise measurement delivered by a differential electrostatic accelerometer on-board a drag-free…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-26 Emilie Hardy , Agnès Levy , Gilles Métris , Manuel Rodrigues , Pierre Touboul

Quantum mechanics is commonly accepted as a complete theory thanks to experimental tests of non-locality based on Bell's theorem. However, we discover that the completeness of the quantum theory practically suffered from detrimental…

General Physics · Physics 2024-03-20 Sheng Feng

From the equivalence principle (EP) and experiments on gravitational (G) time dilation (GTD) it is proved that the standards of observers located in different ``distances'' from the earth are physically different with respect to each other.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Rafael A. Vera

We explore how the quantum entanglement is modified in the generalized uncertainty principle (GUP)-corrected quantum mechanics by introducing the coupled harmonic oscillator system. Constructing the ground state $\rho_0$ and its reduced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-06 DaeKil Park

Bell tests---the experimental demonstration of a Bell inequality violation---are central to understanding the foundations of quantum mechanics, underpin quantum technologies, and are a powerful diagnostic tool for technological developments…

An analysis of quantum measurement is presented that relies on an information-theoretic description of quantum entanglement. In a consistent quantum information theory of entanglement, entropies (uncertainties) conditional on measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 N. J. Cerf , C. Adami

The role of the equivalence principle in the context of non-relativistic quantum mechanics and matter wave interferometry, especially atom beam interferometry, will be discussed. A generalised form of the weak equivalence principle which is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Claus Lämmerzahl

A still widely debated question in the field of relativistic quantum information is whether entanglement and the degree of violation of Bell's inequalities for massive relativistic particles are frame independent or not. At the core of this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 Lucas F. Streiter , Flaminia Giacomini , Časlav Brukner

We propose an EPR inequality based on an entropic uncertainty relation for complementary continuous variable observables. This inequality is more sensitive than the previously established EPR inequality based on inferred variances, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-07-27 S. P. Walborn , A. Salles , R. M. Gomes , F. Toscano , P. H. Souto Ribeiro

We ask the question how the (weak) equivalence principle established in classical gravitational physics should be reformulated and interpreted for massive quantum objects that may also have internal degrees of freedom (dof). This inquiry is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 Charis Anastopoulos , Bei-Lok Hu

We describe the Quantum Test of the Equivalence principle and Space Time (QTEST), a concept for an atom interferometry mission on the International Space Station (ISS). The primary science objective of the mission is a test of Einstein's…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-12-08 Jason Williams , Sheng-wey Chiow , Holger Mueller , Nan Yu

Clocks play a special role at the interface of general relativity and quantum mechanics. We analyze a clock-interferometry thought experiment and go on to theoretically derive and experimentally test a complementarity relation for quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Zhifan Zhou , Yair Margalit , Daniel Rohrlich , Yonathan Japha , Ron Folman