SPACE–TIME FOAM MAY VIOLATE THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE
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Space-Time Foam may Violate the Principle of Equivalence
The interactions of different particle species with the foamy space-time fluctuations expected in quantum gravity theories may not be universal, in which case different types of energetic particles may violate Lorentz invariance by varying amounts, violating the equivalence principle. We illustrate this possibility in two different models of space-time foam based on D-particle fluctuations in e...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Modern Physics A
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0217-751X,1793-656X
DOI: 10.1142/s0217751x04019780