RENORMALIZATION OF THE ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR AND THE VALIDITY OF THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE AT FINITE TEMPERATURE

Authors

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

Publication Date

1984

Journal or Book Title

PHYSICAL REVIEW D

Abstract

Using the techniques of finite-temperature field theory we renormalize the electromagnetic and gravitational couplings of an electron which is immersed in a heat bath with T≪me. By taking the nonrelativistic limit, we demonstrate that the inertial and gravitational masses are unequal. The implications for the equivalence principle are discussed.

Comments

Published version is located at http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v30/i12/p2561_1

Pages

2561-2572

Volume

30

Issue

12

Recommended Citation

Donoghue, JF; Holstein, BR; and ROBINETT, RW, "RENORMALIZATION OF THE ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR AND THE VALIDITY OF THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE AT FINITE TEMPERATURE" (1984). PHYSICAL REVIEW D. 203.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/203