Re: Einstien's principle of equivalence

E.Tartempion wrote:
No, you make a hidden assumption: the one that General Relativity is valid,
and that only one mass changes.

I was allowing for gravitational and inertial masses to be different.
This is not assuming that GR is valid.

You make an excellent point in the second part of the sentence. You
are quite correct to suggest yet another flaw in Mr. Schwartz' proposed
experiment. If both masses change he will see a signal in a
calorimeter. Consider the special case where the masses change by the
same amount. The equivalence principle will still be valid since the
two masses are, well, equivalent.

To repeat--even if he sees a signal (and, more importantly, even if
someone else does), he will not have clearly demonstrated EP violation.

Thomas.

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