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Particle wave functions in weak gravitational fields

Волновые функции частиц в слабом гравитационном поле

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Il Nuovo Cimento B (1965-1970)

Summary

The action of gravitational potentials on particle wave functions is investigated in the weak field approximation. Several gravitational effects can be discussed from a unifying point of view. Of these some may be interpreted as arising from the action of rotation on matter waves. They have an optical analog in the rotation effects studied by Sagnac and Michelson and Gale. Others provide, in principle, ways of testing the general theory of relativity.

Riassunto

Si studia l’effetto di potenziali gravitazionali sulle funzioni d’onda di una particella nell’approssimazione di campo debole. Diversi effetti gravitazionali possono esser discussi da un punto di vista unitario. Fra questi alcuni possono essere interpretati come dovuti ad un’azione della rotazione sulle onde materiali. Essi hanno un analogo ottico negli effetti di rotazione studiati da Sagnac, e Michelson e Gale. Altri forniscono, teoricamente, la possibilità di una verifica della teoria della relatività generale.

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В приближении слабого поля исследуется влияние гравитационных потенциалов на волновые функции частиц. С единой точки эрения можно общяснить несколько гравитационных зффектов. Некоторые иэ них можно рассматривать, как воэникаюшие от воэдействия врашения на волны среды. Они имеют оптический аналог в зффектах врашения, иэученных Саньяком, Микельсоном и Галз. В принципе, другие зффекты предусматривают методы проверки обшей теории относительности.

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Research partly supported by the National Research Council of Canada Grant No. A-4487.

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Papini, G. Particle wave functions in weak gravitational fields. Nuovo Cimento B (1965-1970) 52, 136–141 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02710658

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