Sentences with phrase «quantum equivalence principle»
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Physicists scrutinize the equivalence principle because any violation could point to new forces of nature that might resolve a long - standing impasse between general relativity and quantum theory.
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My particular suggestion does not involve such an arbitrary choice but comes from a fundamental tension between the basic principles of quantum mechanics and those of standard gravitational theory (general relativity), especially the principle of equivalence.
Scientists are currently struggling to unify the pair into one theory of quantum gravity, and some candidate theories predict that the equivalence principle breaks down at the quantum level.
The equivalence principle — one of the central tenets of Einstein's theory of gravity — survived a quantum test, scientists report online April 7 at arXiv.org.