Testing the equivalence principle through freely falling quantum objects
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- 15 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 55 (2) , 455-462
Abstract
Free fall in a uniform gravitational field is reexamined in the case of quantum states with and without a 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.Keywords
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