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The dynamics of a particle in a gravitational quantum well is studied in the context of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics with a particular deformation of a two-dimensional Heisenberg algebra. This deformation yields a new short-distance…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Brau , F. Buisseret

We present a higher order generalized (gravitational) uncertainty principle (GUP) in the form $[X,P]=i\hbar/(1-\beta P^2)$. This form of GUP is consistent with various proposals of quantum gravity such as string theory, loop quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-19 Pouria Pedram

The Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) and Extended Uncertainty Principle (EUP) are modifications to the Heisenberg Uncertainly Principle (HUP), expected to apply as the energy approaches the Planck scale. Here we consider a possible…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-09 Bernard Carr , Jonas Mureika

We consider quantum gravity corrections to the maximum entropic force that arise from several gravitational uncertainty principles. These include the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP), the Extended Uncertainty Principle (EUP), the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-11 Jonas Mureika , Elias C. Vagenas

One of the biggest unsolved problems in physics is the unification of quantum mechanics and general relativity. The lack of experimental guidance has made the issue extremely evasive, though various attempts have been made to relate the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Charles H. -T. Wang , Robert Bingham , J. Tito Mendonca

The Generalized Uncertainty Principle arises from the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle when gravity is taken into account, so the leading order correction to the standard formula is expected to be proportional to the gravitational constant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-06 Cosimo Bambi

We give a pedagogical introduction to the generalized uncertainty principle (GUP), by showing how it naturally emerges when the action of gravity is taken into account in measurement processes. We review some physical predictions of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-07 Fabio Scardigli

The existence of a minimal length is a common prediction of various theories of quantum gravity. This minimal length leads to a modification of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to a Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP). Various…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-05 Ahmed Farag Ali , Mohammed M. Khalil , Elias C. Vagenas

We argue that in the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) model, the parameter $\beta_0$ whose square root, multiplied by Planck length $\ell_p$, approximates the minimum measurable distance, varies with energy scales. Since minimal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-14 Benrong Mu , Houwen Wu , Haitang Yang

Modifications in quantum mechanical phase space lead to the changes in the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which can result in the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) or the Extended Uncertainty Principle (EUP), introducing quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-13 A. Pachoł

This paper links the advanced formulation of the Generalized Uncertainty Principle, termed the Asymptotic Generalized Extended Uncertainty Principle (AGEUP), to the corpuscular framework to derive the AGEUP-inspired black hole metric. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-28 Reggie C. Pantig , Gaetano Lambiase , Ali Övgün , Nikko John Leo S. Lobos

Several theories that attempt to unify quantum theory and gravitational theory assume that space has an observable limiting resolution related to the Planck length, denoted by $\sqrt{\beta_0}L_p$. Quantum mechanically, this concept derives…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Wenlin Li , Xingli Li , Najmeh Eshaqi-Sani , Wen-zhao Zhang , Jiong Cheng

We investigate the meaning of gravity-induced decoherence in quantum theory, known as `intrinsic' or `fundamental' decoherence in the literature. We explore a range of issues relevant to this problem, including the meaning of modified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Anastopoulos , B. L. Hu

Most quantum gravity theories quantize space time on the order of Planck length (lp). Some of these theories, such as loop quantum gravity (LQG), predict that this discreetness could be manifested through Lorentz invariance violations (LIV)…

General Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 David Escors , Grazyna Kochan

This paper provides a concise overview of the comprehensive version of the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) derived from nonlocal quantum mechanics and extensively addressed by S. Masood, et al. We utilize the specific constraint of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-18 Ying-Jie Zhao , Yan-Fang Ji , Guang-Rui Yao , Xiaojie Li , Muddasir Hanif

Quantum gravity may involve models with stochastic fluctuations of the associated metric field, around some fixed background value. Such stochastic models of gravity may induce decoherence for matter propagating in such fluctuating space…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-07-22 Alexander Sakharov , Nick Mavromatos , Anselmo Meregaglia , Andre Rubbia , Sarben Sarkar

Some of the possible consequences of a generalized uncertainty principle (which emerges in the context of string theory and quantum gravity models as a consequence of fluctuations of the background metric) are analyzed considering the case…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Abel Camacho

Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) has brought the idea of existence of minimum measurable length in Quantum physics. Depending on this GUP, non-relativistic Hamiltonian at the Planck scale is modified. In this article, we construct…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-05-07 Sudipta das , Souvik Pramanik

We consider the scenario of a fluctuating spacetime due to a deformed commutation relation with a fluctuating deformation parameter, or to a fluctuating metric tensor. By computing the resulting dynamics and averaging over these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Sandro Donadi , Matteo Fadel

It has recently been proposed that quantum gravity might lead to the decoherence of superpositions in energy, corresponding to a discretization of time at the Planck scale. At first sight the proposal seems amenable to experimental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Christoph Simon , Dieter Jaksch