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Jimster41
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Is there a microscopic description of these "tidal forces" - that (if I understand correctly) betray non-zero curvature even in an infinitesimal inertial frame?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_tensor
My cartoon is that they represent (result from) geometric phase or "Pancharatnam-Berry Phase" (non-zero holonomy)?
I get that there is a frequency shift (in light for example) as a function of a gravitational field (gravitational lensing). But my understanding of that is that it would not be detectable from within the inertial frame?
Are there any experiments that would detect a changing value of the field (curvature) from inside an inertial frame? Is there just some simple electrostatic gradient effect that can be measured? I was assuming the answer is no?
Would the Aharonov-Bohm effect reflect such change? Not sure how that effect is measured but I gather it's not just a simple magnetometer.
Would the spontaneous collapse of entanglement (somehow absent other causes) be indicative, or some change in the stability of entanglement as a function of alignment with the change (gradient) in the field?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_tensor
My cartoon is that they represent (result from) geometric phase or "Pancharatnam-Berry Phase" (non-zero holonomy)?
I get that there is a frequency shift (in light for example) as a function of a gravitational field (gravitational lensing). But my understanding of that is that it would not be detectable from within the inertial frame?
Are there any experiments that would detect a changing value of the field (curvature) from inside an inertial frame? Is there just some simple electrostatic gradient effect that can be measured? I was assuming the answer is no?
Would the Aharonov-Bohm effect reflect such change? Not sure how that effect is measured but I gather it's not just a simple magnetometer.
Would the spontaneous collapse of entanglement (somehow absent other causes) be indicative, or some change in the stability of entanglement as a function of alignment with the change (gradient) in the field?
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