251 1.1. The concept of "antigravity" 223 5.3. Morrison's "antigravity" analysis 253 1.2. The arguments against "antigravity" 225 5.4. 3ravivector field 253 1.3. The antiproton gravity experiment 226 5.5. Graviscalar field 253 1.4. Gravity and CPT 226 5.6. Graviscalar field coupled to electromagnetism 254 2. Theoretical ideas on gravity and antimatter 227 5.7. Newtonian gravity using an apparent paradox 254 2.1. Quantum gravity 227 6. The Schiff argument 255 2.2. Quantum gravity and antimatter 230 6.1. QED vacuum polarization and the principle ofequiva-3. Particle and antiparticle gravity experiments 232 lence 255 3.1. The Fairbank experiments 232 6.2. QCD vacuum polarization 257 3.2. The antiproton gravity experiment 234 7. The Good argument 258 3.3. Other antimatter gravity experiments 236 7.1. The argument using absolute potentials 258 3.4. Laboratory tests of gravity on neutrons and photons 237 7.2. The argument independent of absolute potentials 259 4. Other experiments relevant to antimatter gravity 239 8. Conclusions 262 4.1. Airy experiments 239 8.1. Experimental restrictions on anomalous antimatter 4.2. Tests of the inverse-square law 241 gravity 262 4.3. Tests of the principle of equivalence 245 8.2. Critical experiments for longer-ranged forces 267 4.4. Astrophysics experiments 248 8.3. Antiproton gravity and the principle of equivalence 269 5. The Morrison argument 250 References 270 5.1. Invariance principles 250 * This review is dedicated to the memory of William Fairbank. His pioneering attempt to measure the gravitational acceleration of the positron was crucial to this field. Fairbank had strongly urged us to write this article.
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