"THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE AT FINITE TEMPERATURE" by JF Donoghue

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THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE AT FINITE TEMPERATURE

GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION

JF Donoghue, University of Massachusetts Amherst
BR Holstein, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
RW ROBINETT

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Publication Date

1985

Abstract

We demonstrate that the equivalence principle is violated by radiative corrections to the gravitational and inertial masses at finite temperature. We argue that this result can be attributed to the Lorentz noninvariance of the finite temperature vacuum.

Disciplines

Physics

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Published version is located at http://www.springerlink.com/content/uk7m572258h852n1/

Pages

207-214

Citation Information

JF Donoghue, BR Holstein and RW ROBINETT. "THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE AT FINITE TEMPERATURE" GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION Vol. 17 Iss. 3 (1985)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/barry_holstein/61/