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Is Gravity an Entropic Force?
Shan Gao
The remarkable connections between gravity and thermodynamics seem to imply that gravity is not fundamental but emergent, and in particular, as Verlinde suggested, gravity is proba…
Meaning of the wave function
Shan Gao
We investigate the meaning of the wave function by analyzing the mass and charge density distributions of a quantum system. According to protective measurement, a charged quantum s…
On Diósi-Penrose criterion of gravity-induced quantum collapse
Shan Gao
It is shown that the Diósi-Penrose criterion of gravity-induced quantum collapse may be inconsistent with the discreteness of space-time, which is generally considered as an indisp…
A conjecture on the origin of dark energy
Shan Gao
The physical origin of holographic dark energy (HDE) is investigated. The main existing explanations, namely the UV/IR connection argument of Cohen et al, Thomas' bulk holography a…
Why gravity is fundamental
Shan Gao
It is argued that the existence of a minimum size of spacetime may imply the fundamental existence of gravity as a geometric property of spacetime described by general relativity.