http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/61259 2013-05-23T02:03:22Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92347 A Novel Framework for Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Nikkhah Shirazi, Armin 2012-04-25T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/90883 The Public and Private Morality of Climate Change: Symposium on the Tanner Lecture on Human Values Broome, John; Nordhaus, William; Agrawa, Arun Commentators on John Broome's Tanner Lecture. The Tanner Lectures are a collection of educational and scientific discussions relating to human values. Conducted by leaders in their fields, the lectures are presented at prestigious educational facilities around the world. 2012-03-16T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/90882 The Public and Private Morality of Climate Change Broome, John The Tanner Lectures are a collection of educational and scientific discussions relating to human values. Conducted by leaders in their fields, the lectures are presented at prestigious educational facilities around the world. 2012-03-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87999 Are the Concepts of Mass in Quantum Theory and in General Relativity the Same? Nikkhah Shirazi, Armin The predominant approaches to understanding how quantum theory and General Relativity are related to each other implicitly assume that both theories use the same concept of mass. Given that despite great efforts such approaches have not yet produced a consistent falsifiable quantum theory of gravity, this paper entertains the possibility that the concepts of mass in the two theories are in fact distinct. It points out that if the concept of mass in quantum mechanics is defined such that it always exists in a superposition and is not a gravitational source, then this sharply segregates the domains of quantum theory and of general relativity. This concept of mass violates the equivalence principle applied to active gravitational mass, but may still produce effects consistent with the equivalence principle when applied to passive gravitational mass (in agreement with observations) by the correspondence principle applied to a weak field in the appropriate limit. An experiment that successfully measures the gravity field of quantum objects in a superposition, and in particular of photons, would not only falsify this distinction but also constitute the first direct empirical test that gravity must in fact be described fundamentally by a quantum theory. 2011-11-28T00:00:00Z