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Measurability analysis of the linearized gravitational field

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The measurability analysis of quantum electrodynamics performed by Bohr and Rosenfeld is generalized in order to be applicable to gravitation. After briefly restating our earlier argument for the measurability of the components of the quantum linearized Weyl tensor field taken separately, we demonstrate in detail their measurability taken jointly. In comparing the measurability analysis of linearized gravitation with that of quantum electrodynamics, we are able to exhibit the pervasive differences between the analyses necessitated by the equivalence principle.

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  1. Department of Physics, Syracuse University, 13210, Syracuse, New York

    P. G. Bergmann

  2. Department of Philosophy, Fordham University, 10458, Bronx, New York

    G. J. Smith

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Bergmann, P.G., Smith, G.J. Measurability analysis of the linearized gravitational field. Gen Relat Gravit 14, 1131–1166 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00762640

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