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Testing the equivalence principle through freely falling quantum objects

Lorenza Viola
(
- Padua U. and
- INFN, Padua
)
,
Roberto Onofrio
(
- Padua U. and
- INFN, Padua
)

Oct, 1996

23 pages

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Phys.Rev.D 55 (1997) 455-462

e-Print:

quant-ph/9612039 [quant-ph]

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevD.55.455

Report number:

PRINT-96-306 (PADUA)

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Abstract:

Free fall in a uniform gravitational field is revisited in the case of quantum states with and without classical analogue. The interplay between kinematics and dynamics in the evolution of a falling quantum test particle is discussed allowing for a better understanding of the equivalence principle at the operational level.

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10 Pages; Plain REVTeX. To be published in Phys. Rev. D

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