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The Equivalence Principle in a Quantum World
International Journal of Modern Physics D (2015)
  • N.E.J. Bjerrum-Bohr, Niels Bohr International Academy and Discovery Center
  • John Donoghue
  • Basem M. El-Menoufi, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Barry R Holstein, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Ludovic Planté, University of Paris-Saclay
  • Pierre Vanhove
Abstract
We show how modern methods can be applied to quantum gravity at low energy. We test how quantum corrections challenge the classical framework behind the Equivalence Principle, instance through introduction of non-locality from quantum physics, embodied in the Uncertainty Principle. When the energy is small we now have the tools to address this conflict explicitly. Despite the violation of some classical concepts, the EP continues to provide the core of the quantum gravity framework through the symmetry - general coordinate invariance - that is used to organize the effective field theory.
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Publication Date
2015
Publisher Statement
Link to arXiv version: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.04974
Citation Information
N.E.J. Bjerrum-Bohr, John Donoghue, Basem M. El-Menoufi, Barry R Holstein, et al.. "The Equivalence Principle in a Quantum World" International Journal of Modern Physics D Vol. 24 Iss. 12 (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_donoghue/202/