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.

Does universality of free-fall apply to the motion of quantum probes? / L. Seveso, V. Peri, M.G.A. Paris. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES. - ISSN 1742-6588. - 880:1(2017), pp. 012067.1-012067.8. ((Intervento presentato al 8. convegno International Workshop on Decoherence, Information, Complexity and Entropy tenutosi a Castello Pasquini nel 2016 [10.1088/1742-6596/880/1/012067].

Does universality of free-fall apply to the motion of quantum probes?

L. Seveso;M.G.A. Paris
2017

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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.
equivalence; geometry; Galileo; tower; Pisa
Settore FIS/03 - Fisica della Materia
2017
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