Gravitation and Nonlocality

Einstein’s general theory of relativity [1] is a successful classical theory of gravitation inasmuch as it agrees with all experimental data available at present [2]. To develop a microphysical gravitation theory, it may prove useful to investigate the extent to which the basic physical tenets of general relativity conform with the fundamental principles of the quantum theory. This is the general approach adopted in this work. The basic physical assumptions underlying general relativity can be determined by investigating the measurement problem in the theory of relativity. In this way one can characterize the observational assumptions that are necessary in order to provide a physically consistent interpretation of all relativistic formulas [3]. The resulting four basic pillars of the theory are the following: (i) Lorentz Invariance,