Geometric post-Newtonian description of spin-half particles in curved
spacetime
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2204.05997v3
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:12:40 GMT
- Title: Geometric post-Newtonian description of spin-half particles in curved
spacetime
- Authors: Ashkan Alibabaei
- Abstract summary: Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) requires all matter components to universally couple to gravity via a single common geometry.
I study the geometric theory of coupling a spin-1/2 particle to gravity in a twofold expansion scheme.
The formal expansion in powers of 1/c yields a systematic and complete generation of gravity corrections for quantum systems.
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- Abstract: Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) requires all matter components to
universally couple to gravity via a single common geometry: that of spacetime.
This relates quantum theory with geometry as soon as interactions with gravity
are considered. In this work, I study the geometric theory of coupling a
spin-1/2 particle to gravity in a twofold expansion scheme: First with respect
to the distance based on Fermi normal coordinates around a preferred worldline
(e.g., that of a clock in the laboratory), second with respect to 1/c
(post-Newtonian expansion). I consider the one-particle sector of a massive
spinor field in QFT, here described effectively by a classical field. The
formal expansion in powers of 1/c yields a systematic and complete generation
of GR corrections for quantum systems. I find new terms that were overlooked in
the literature at order 1/c^2 and extended the level of approximation to the
next order. These findings are significant for a consistent inclusion of
gravity corrections in the description of quantum experiments of corresponding
sensitivities, and also for testing aspects of GR, like the EEP, in the quantum
realm.
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