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Generalized Uncertainty Principle theories and their classical interpretation

Mathematical Physics 2025-04-02 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

In this work, we show that it is possible to define a classical system associated with a Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) theory via the implementation of a consistent symplectic structure. This provides a solid framework for the classical Hamiltonian formulation of such theories and the study of the dynamics of physical systems in the corresponding deformed phase space. By further characterizing the functions that govern non-commutativity in the configuration space using the algebra of angular momentum, we determine a general form for the rotation generator in these theories and crucially, we show that, under these conditions, unlike what has been previously found in the literature at the quantum level, this requirement does not lead to the superselection of GUP models at the classical level. Finally, we postulate that a properly defined GUP theory can be correctly interpreted classically if and only if the corresponding quantum commutators satisfy the Jacobi identities, identifying those quantization prescriptions for which this holds true.

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@article{arxiv.2407.17408,
  title  = {Generalized Uncertainty Principle theories and their classical interpretation},
  author = {Matteo Bruno and Sebastiano Segreto and Giovanni Montani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.17408},
  year   = {2025}
}

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