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Benjamin Koch

Benjamin Koch

Physicist, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)

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"And when we did that, we were in for a surprise. The q-desics now differ significantly from the geodesics one would obtain in the usual way without quantum physics." — Benjamin Koch, on incorporating the cosmological constant

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The century-long quest to reconcile quantum mechanics with gravity

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Lead author of the q-desic equation paper

For a century, physics has rested on two incompatible frameworks: quantum mechanics (governing atoms and subatomic particles) and Einstein's general relativity (describing gravity as spacetime curvature). Every attempt to merge them produced mathematical infinities or unmeasurable predictions. Vienna University of Technology's "q-desic equation" (Physical Review D) may break this deadlock: quantum corrections to particle paths become observable at cosmological distances when the cosmological constant is included.

Updated May 30