Published August 1, 2017
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Journal article
Does universality of free-fall apply to the motion of quantum probes?
- 1. Quantum Technology Lab, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano (Italy)
Description
Can quantum-mechanical particles propagating on a fixed spacetime background be approximated as test bodies satisfying the weak equivalence principle? We ultimately answer the question in the negative but find that, when universality of free-fall is assessed locally, a nontrivial agreement between quantum mechanics and the weak equivalence principle exists. Implications for mass sensing by quantum probes are discussed in some details. (paper)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/880/1/012067Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 880
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [7 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 49061705
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- APPROXIMATIONS; EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE; MASS; PROBES; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPACE-TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS; MECHANICS