The paper shows, to leading order in perturbation theory, that matter distribution fluctuations can serve as a Goldstone vector field, allowing diffeomorphism-invariant local operators through O_Phys(x) = O(x - δϕ).
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Assuming the validity of the equivalence principle in the quantum regime, we argue that one of the assumptions of the usual definition of quantum mechanics, namely separation between the ``classical'' detector and the ``quantum'' system, must be relaxed. We argue, therefore, that if both the equivalence principle and quantum mechanics continue to survive experimental tests, that this favors ``epistemic'' interpretations of quantum mechanics (where formalism is built around relations between observables) over ``ontic ones'' (assuming the reality of states and wavefunctions). In particular, we show that relational type interpretations can readily accomodate the equivalence principle via a minor modification of the assumptions used to justify the formalism. We qualitatively speculate what a full generally covariant quantum dynamics could look like, and comment on experimental investigations.
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Quantum Rods and Clock in a Gravitational Universe
The paper shows, to leading order in perturbation theory, that matter distribution fluctuations can serve as a Goldstone vector field, allowing diffeomorphism-invariant local operators through O_Phys(x) = O(x - δϕ).