On the origin of the weak equivalence principle in a theory of emergent quantum mechanics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.12903v3
• Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 06:35:02 GMT
• Title: On the origin of the weak equivalence principle in a theory of emergent quantum mechanics
• Authors: Ricardo Gallego Torrom\'e
• Abstract summary: We argue that the weak equivalence principle is a consequence of concentration of measure in large dimensional spaces of $1$-Lipshitz functions. It is argued that gravity must be a classical, emergent interaction.
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• Abstract: We argue that in a framework for emergent quantum mechanics, the weak equivalence principle is a consequence of concentration of measure in large dimensional spaces of $1$-Lipshitz functions. Furthermore, as a consequence of the emergent framework and the properties that we assume for the fundamental dynamics, it is argued that gravity must be a classical, emergent interaction.

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