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I briefly review some scenarios for the role of the Planck length in quantum gravity. In particular, I examine the differences between the schemes in which quantum gravity is expected to introduce a maximum acceleration and the schemes in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 Giovanni Amelino-Camelia

Some models of quantum gravity predict that the very structure of spacetime is `frothy' due to quantum fluctuations. Although the effect is expected to be tiny, if these spacetime fluctuations grow over a large distance, the initial state…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-13 Ryan Cooke , Louise Welsh , Michele Fumagalli , Max Pettini

More recently in [J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 53, 115303 (2020)], we have introduced a set of noncommutative algebra that describes the space-time at the Planck scale. The interesting significant result we found is that the generalized…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-30 Latévi Mohamed Lawson

In any attempt to build a quantum theory of gravity, a central issue is to unravel the structure of space-time at the smallest scale. Of particular relevance is the possible definition of coordinate functions within the theory and the study…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Alejandro Corichi , Jose A. Zapata

Due to quantum fluctuations, spacetime is foamy on small scales. For maximum spatial resolution of the geometry of spacetime, the holographic model of spacetime foam stipulates that the uncertainty or fluctuation of distance $l$ is given,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Michele Arzano , Thomas W. Kephart , Y. Jack Ng

Planck-scale quantum spacetime undergoes probabilistic local curvature fluctuations whose distributions cannot explicitly depend on position otherwise vacuum's small-scale quantum structure would fail to be statistically homogeneous. Since…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-03-28 Christopher D. Burton

Nondifferentiable fluctuations in space-time on a Planck scale introduce stochastic terms into the equations for quantum states, resulting in a proposed new foundation for an existing alternative quantum theory, primary state diffusion…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 I. C. Percival

It is well known that in quantum gravity, the very geometry of space and time is subject to continual fluctuation. The mathematical formulation for this old theory is still lacking. This article formulates this more than forty-year-old…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-27 Behzad Tajahmad

The quantum space-time and the phase space with fuzzy structure is investigated as the possible quantization formalism. In this theory the state of nonrelativistic particle corresponds to the element of fuzzy ordered set (Foset) - fuzzy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. N. Mayburov

The observations of photons from the BL Lac object Mk501 with energies above 10 TeV and of cosmic rays with energies above the GZK threshold appear to be inconsistent with conventional theories. Remarkably, among the recent new-physics…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 Giovanni Amelino-Camelia

In this Essay we construct a concrete, non-perturbative realization of metric reconstruction using quantum-optical model of particle detectors in relativistic quantum information. The non-perturbative approach allows us to realize a version…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-01 Erickson Tjoa

The intimate geometry of space-time is expected to suffer stochastic fluctuations as a result of quantum gravitational effects. These fluctuations may induce observable consequences on the propagation of high energy particles over large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Aloisio , P. Blasi , A. Galante , P. L. Ghia , A. F. Grillo

Quantum gravity places entirely new challenges on the formulation of a consistent theory as well as on an extraction of potentially observable effects. Quantum corrections due to the gravitational field are commonly expected to be tiny…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Martin Bojowald

Extra-galactic sources of photons have been used to constrain space-time quantum fluctuations in the Universe. In these proposals, the fundamental "fuzziness" of distance caused by space-time quantum fluctuations has been directly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 Yanbei Chen , Linqing Wen , Yiqiu Ma

The relevance of the Planck scale to a theory of quantum gravity has become a worryingly little examined assumption that goes unchallenged in the majority of research in this area. However, in all scientific honesty, the significance of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Diego Meschini

Quantum-gravity effects may introduce relevant consequences for the propagation and interaction of high energy cosmic rays particles. Assuming the space-time foamy structure results in an intrinsic uncertainty of energy and momentum of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Aloisio , P. Blasi , A. Galante , P. L. Ghia , A. F. Grillo

The study of physics at the Planck scale has garnered significant attention due to its implications for understanding the fundamental nature of the universe. At the Planck scale, quantum fluctuations challenge the classical notion of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-26 Weihu Ma , Yu-Gang Ma

Quantum uncertainty is described here in two guises: indeterminacy with its concomitant indeterminism of measurement outcomes, and fuzziness, or unsharpness. Both features were long seen as obstructions of experimental possibilities that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-04 Paul Busch

It has been noted (Lieu & Hillmann, 2002) that the cumulative affect of Planck-scale phenomenology, or the structure of space-time at extremely small scales, can be lead to the loss of phase of radiation emitted at large distances from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Ragazzoni , M. Turatto , W. Gaessler

Due to quantum fluctuations, spacetime is foamy on small scales. The degree of foaminess is found to be consistent with the holographic principle. One way to detect spacetime foam is to look for halos in the images of distant quasars.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-05-01 Y. Jack Ng