Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2003-10-24
Class.Quant.Grav. 21 (2004) 51-62
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Latex (IOP style), 14 pages, 3 figures. To appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Scientific paper
10.1088/0264-9381/21/1/004
A nonintegrable phase-factor global approach to gravitation is developed by using the similarity of teleparallel gravity with electromagnetism. The phase shifts of both the COW and the gravitational Aharonov-Bohm effects are obtained. It is then shown, by considering a simple slit experiment, that in the classical limit the global approach yields the same result as the gravitational Lorentz force equation of teleparallel gravity. It represents, therefore, the quantum mechanical version of the classical description provided by the gravitational Lorentz force equation. As teleparallel gravity can be formulated independently of the equivalence principle, it will consequently require no generalization of this principle at the quantum level.
Aldrovandi Ruben
Pereira J. G.
Vu K. H.
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