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Astrophysical and cosmological tests of quantum theory

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We discuss several proposals for astrophysical and cosmological tests of quantum theory. The tests are motivated by deterministic hidden-variables theories, and in particular by the view that quantum physics is merely an effective theory of an equilibrium state. The proposed tests involve searching for nonequilibrium violations of quantum theory in: primordial inflaton fluctuations imprinted on the cosmic microwave background, relic cosmological particles, Hawking radiation, photons with entangled partners inside black holes, neutrino oscillations and particles from very distant sources.

Source: Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/40/12/s24

Author: Antony Valentini

Institutions: Perimeter Institute, Centre de Physique Théorique

Language: English

Topic: Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2148772257

FWCI: 1.222

Cites: 40

Cited by: 64

Related to: 10