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Natural extension of the Generalised Uncertainty Principle

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We discuss a gedanken experiment for the simultaneous measurement of the position and momentum of a particle in de Sitter spacetime. We propose an extension of the so-called generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) which implies the existence of a minimum observable momentum. The new GUP is directly connected to the nonzero cosmological constant, which becomes a necessary ingredient for a more complete picture of the quantum spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.0709.1965,
  title  = {Natural extension of the Generalised Uncertainty Principle},
  author = {C. Bambi and F. R. Urban},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.1965},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

4 pages, 1 figure, v2 with added references, revised and extended as published in CQG