TESTING GENERAL-RELATIVITY AT THE QUANTUM LEVEL

被引：7

作者：

FISCHBACH, E ^{[1
]}

FREEMAN, BS ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] SUNY STONY BROOK,INST THEORET PHYS,STONY BROOK,NY 11794

来源：

GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION | 1979年 / 11卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1007/BF00759300

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

It is shown that the effect of a gravitational field on a hydrogen atom is to admix states of opposite parity such as 2 S1/2 and 2 P1/2 The phase of this admixture is such as to produce circular polarization of the radiation emitted in transltions such as 2 S1/2→1 S1/2+γ which arises from the interference between the gravity-induced amplitude and mat due to the weak neutral current. The predicted magnitude of the circular polarization, which could be sufficiently large to be detected in white dwarfs or in certain binary systems, varies from theory to theory. It is thus possible that a study of this effect could provide a feasible means of testing general relativity at the quantum level. © 1980 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

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页码：377 / 381

页数：5