Nonunitary Newtonian Gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
It is shown that the Newtonian limit of a stable realization of HD gravity leads to a sharp transition, around 10^{11} proton masses, from the wavelike properties of microscopic particles to the classical behaviour of macroscopic bodies. Besides, due to nonunitarity, a pure state is expected to evolve into a microcanonical ensamble leading to thermal equilibrium even for truly closed systems.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0207063,
title = {Nonunitary Newtonian Gravity},
author = {Filippo Maimone and Sergio De Filippo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0207063},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, to appear in Proceedings of the First International Conference on Quantum Limits to the Second Law, July 29-31, 2002, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA