Quantum gravity corrections to the fall of an apple
Abstract
We consider the motion of a massive particle in a static, weakly curved spacetime where the gravitational field is taken to be quantized. We find that Newton's law of free fall is modified by quantum-gravitational corrections, in addition to the known special-relativistic and post-Newtonian modifications. The quantum-gravitational corrections take the form of stochastic noise in the particle trajectory, where the statistical properties of the noise depend on the quantum state of the gravitational field.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- March 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.107.066024
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2112.14730
- Bibcode:
- 2023PhRvD.107f6024C
- Keywords:
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- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 13 pages, LaTeX. v3: references added, expanded discussion