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On the Gravitization of Quantum Mechanics 1: Quantum State Reduction by Roger Penrose is a Physics and Astronomy article available to read on EtoBox.
What is On the Gravitization of Quantum Mechanics 1: Quantum State Reduction about?
This paper argues that the case for "gravitizing" quantum theory is at least as strong as that for quantizing gravity. Accordingly, the principles of general relativity must influence, and actually change, the very formalism of quantum mechanics. Most particularly, an "Einsteinian", rather than a "Newtonian" treatment of the gravitational field should be adopted, in a quantum system, in order that the principle of equivalence be fully respected. This leads to an expectation that quantum superpositions of states involving a significant mass displacement should have a finite lifetime, in accordance with a proposal previously put forward by Diósi and the author.
Who reads On the Gravitization of Quantum Mechanics 1: Quantum State Reduction?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Physics and Astronomy.
- Author
- Roger Penrose
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)