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Induced Violation of Weak Equivalence Principle in the Brans-Dicke Theory

Yasunori Fujii

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9411068

Abstract

A quantum correction to the Brans-Dicke theory due to interactions among matter fields is calculated, resulting in violation of WEP, hence giving a constraint on the parameter ω far more stringent than accepted so far. The tentative estimate gives the lower bounds 106 and 108 for the assumed force-range 1m and 1AU, respectively.

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