Quantum gravity corrections to the fall of an apple

Samarth Chawla, Maulik Parikh

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Abstract

We consider the motion of a massive particle in a static, weakly curved spacetime where the gravitational field is taken to be quantized. We find that Newton's law of free fall is modified by quantum-gravitational corrections, in addition to the known special-relativistic and post-Newtonian modifications. The quantum-gravitational corrections take the form of stochastic noise in the particle trajectory, where the statistical properties of the noise depend on the quantum state of the gravitational field.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number066024
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume107
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 15 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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