Decoherence-induced violations of Einstein equivalence principle
arXiv:gr-qc/0107028 · doi:10.1142/S0218271801001542
Abstract
In this essay it will be shown that Decoherence Model and Einstein Equivalence Principle are conceptually incompatible. In other words, assuming only the validity of the Weak Equivalence Principle the present work concludes that we face two possibilities: (i) if Decoherence Model provides a correct description of nature at quantum level, then there are systems which violate Local Position Invariance, or, (ii) if all the postulates behind Einstein Equivalence Principle are valid, even on quantum realm, then Decoherence Model breaks down in curved spacetimes. Finally, the present results are confronted against Schiff's conjecture.
This essay received an ``honorable mention'' in the 2001 Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation. Accepted in International Journal of Modern Physics D
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