Does universality of free-fall apply to the motion of quantum probes?
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2017-08-21
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Abstract
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.
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880 (1)
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12067
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IOP Publishing
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8th International Workshop DICE2016: Spacetime - Matter - Quantum Mechanics