Can Gravitational Waves Influence Photon Polarization in EPR Experiments?

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Inside a Faraday cage, distant from gravitational sources and with negative charges on its surface, an external aggregation of positive charges would create an accelerating force indistinguishable from gravity. This leads to the conclusion of an equivalence principle, suggesting gravitational force can mimic acceleration from electric charges. When measuring the polarization of a photon in such a setup, the acceleration of electric charges in the measuring device generates a strong, oscillating gravitational field, potentially producing gravitational waves. These waves could influence the second photon in a coupled pair, causing it to adopt a specific polarization. This interaction is akin to the gravitational Faraday effect, where light polarization is altered by gravitational influences.
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If I was inside a Faraday cage,a long way from a any gravitational sources such as stars and planets,and the cage had negative electric charges
all over its outer surface,kept in place by a strong sheet of glass,and somebody suddenly placed a large aggregation of positive charges nearby (similarly contained),I would feel an accelerating force acting on the cage.I would not be able to distinguish this force from the force of a gravitational field.
So I would decide that their is an equivalence principle which says that
gravitational force can be equivalent to an accleration by the force of attractive electric charges.
When a photon (one of a coupled pair of photons typically used in epr experiments) has its polarization measured it must cause electric charges to accelerate in the measuring device.The acceleration of these charges amounts to the creation of a strong gravitational field and the acceleration will not be constant so the gravitational field will oscillate and generate gravitational waves.Could these waves cause the second photon of a coupled pair
to adopt a specific polarization?
 
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Yes, it is possible for the waves generated from the acceleration of electric charges to cause the second photon of a coupled pair to adopt a specific polarization. Gravitational waves, which are created by accelerating masses, can cause a distortion or curvature in space-time which can affect the behavior of light, including its polarization. This phenomenon has been demonstrated in experiments and is known as the 'gravitational Faraday effect', since it is analogous to the Faraday effect, where the polarization of light is affected by a magnetic field.
 
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