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Title

THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE AT FINITE TEMPERATURE

Authors

JF Donoghue, University of Massachusetts AmherstFollow
BR Holstein, University of Massachusetts - AmherstFollow
RW ROBINETT

Publication Date

1985

Journal or Book Title

GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION

Abstract

We demonstrate that the equivalence principle is violated by radiative corrections to the gravitational and inertial masses at finite temperature. We argue that this result can be attributed to the Lorentz noninvariance of the finite temperature vacuum.

Comments

Published version is located at http://www.springerlink.com/content/uk7m572258h852n1/

Pages

207-214

Volume

17

Issue

3

Recommended Citation

Donoghue, JF; Holstein, BR; and ROBINETT, RW, "THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE AT FINITE TEMPERATURE" (1985). GENERAL RELATIVITY AND GRAVITATION. 201.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/201