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Momentum-Resolved Probing of Lorentz-Violating Dispersion Relations via Unruh-DeWitt Detector

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2025-07-24 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

Inspired by quantum gravity frameworks predicting Planck-scale deviations from Lorentz invariance, we probe Lorentz symmetry violation via modified dispersion relations ωk\omega_{|\textbf{k}|}. Departing from conventional approaches, we employ an Unruh-DeWitt detector to probe energy-dependent modifications to the dispersion relations. Two key methodological advances are introduced: (i) a generalized formulation for detector acceleration without assuming specific dispersion relations, and (ii) a momentum-resolved detection paradigm enabling spectral decomposition of ωk\omega_{|\textbf{k}|} through localized momentum-shell integration. Analysis of deviations reveals disruption of the thermal spectrum under significant departures from the Lorentz invariance, while small perturbative regimes manifest as phase-modulated thermal distributions. By restricting detector-field interactions to narrow spectral windows and performing iterative Taylor expansions around reference momenta k0|\textbf{k}_0|, we derive coefficients encoding derivatives of ωk\omega_{|\textbf{k}|}, reconstructing its global profile via momentum-space tomography. Our approach offers a scalable method to test Lorentz symmetry violation across energy scales, and establishes a foundation for experimental verification of Planck-scale relics through high-precision spectral measurements.

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@article{arxiv.2503.17757,
  title  = {Momentum-Resolved Probing of Lorentz-Violating Dispersion Relations via Unruh-DeWitt Detector},
  author = {Hao Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.17757},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

5 pages, 1 figures; v2: Appendix of the limit Case $\omega_{|\mathbf{k}|} \to |\mathbf{k}|$ added, typo fixed