Antoine Tilloy theory of gravity

[kodama]

latest paper

Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber model with massive flashes
Antoine Tilloy
(Submitted on 12 Sep 2017)
We introduce a modification of the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber (GRW) model in which the flashes (or collapse space-time events) source a classical gravitational field. The resulting semi-classical theory of Newtonian gravity preserves the statistical interpretation of quantum states of matter in contrast with mean field approaches. It can be seen as a discrete version of recent proposals of consistent hybrid quantum classical theories. The model seems to be in agreement with known experimental data and introduces new falsifiable predictions: (1) particles do not attract themselves, (2) the 1/r gravitational potential of Newtonian gravity is cut-off at short (≲10−7m) distances, and (3) gravity makes spatial superpositions decohere at a rate inversely proportional to that coming from the vanilla GRW model. Together, the last two predictions make the model experimentally falsifiable for all values of its parameters.
Comments: 10 pages
Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
Cite as: arXiv:1709.03809 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:1709.03809v1 [quant-ph] for this version)

comments?

 

[ohwilleke]

Echoes of Verlinde's Emergent Gravity which was found to be close in general terms, but ultimately contrary to, empirical evidence.

I do not see how you can falsify the prediction that particles do not attract themselves, something that the abstract seems to acknowledge in its last sentence.

The second prediction requires a roughly 4 order of magnitude improvement over existing measurements.

 

[kodama]

Echoes of Verlinde's Emergent Gravity which was found to be close in general terms, but ultimately contrary to, empirical evidence.

I do not see how you can falsify the prediction that particles do not attract themselves, something that the abstract seems to acknowledge in its last sentence.

The second prediction requires a roughly 4 order of magnitude improvement over existing measurements.

I wonder if you can combine Verlinde's Emergent Gravity with Tilloy's.

if experiments are able to bridge the 4 order of magnitude improvement over existing measurements, and find agreement with Tilloy, what would that imply?