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Various theories of quantum gravity predict the existence of a minimum length scale, which implies the Planck-scale modifications of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to a so-called generalized uncertainty principle (GUP). Previous…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-04-28 Dongfeng Gao , Mingsheng Zhan

We propose the generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) with an additional term of quadratic momentum motivated by string theory and black hole physics as a quantum mechanical framework for the minimal length uncertainty at the Planck scale.…

General Physics · Physics 2022-10-25 Abdel Magied Diab , Abdel Nasser Tawfik

The existence of a minimum observable length and/or a maximum observable momentum is in agreement with various candidates of quantum gravity such as string theory, loop quantum gravity, doubly special relativity and black hole physics. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-03-28 Pouria Pedram , Kourosh Nozari , S. H. Taheri

Various theories of quantum gravity predict the existence of a minimum length scale, which leads to the modification of the standard uncertainty principle to the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP). In this paper, we study two forms of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-31 Mohammed M. Khalil

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

Various theories of Quantum Gravity predict modifications of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle near the Planck scale to a so-called Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP). In some recent papers, we showed that the GUP gives rise to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 Saurya Das , Elias C. Vagenas , Ahmed Farag Ali

Existence of a minimal measurable length and an upper bound for the momentum fluctuations are the casting reasons for generalization of uncertainty principle and then reformulation of Hilbert space representation of quantum mechanics. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-29 N. Sadeghnezhad

The Heisenberg uncertainty principle is one of the fundamental pillars of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. It is normally introduced by postulating the commutation relations $[\hat{x}^i, \hat{p}^j] = i\hbar \delta^{ij}$. However,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-29 Ezequiel Valero , Hector Gisbert , Victor Ilisie

We discuss classical electrodynamics and the Aharonov-Bohm effect in the presence of the minimal length. In the former we derive the classical equation of motion and the corresponding Lagrangian. In the latter we adopt the generalized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 DaeKil Park

Many theories that attempt to formulate a quantum description of gravity suggest the existence of a fundamental minimum length scale. A popular method for incorporating this minimum length is through a modification of the Heisenberg…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-18 William M. Campbell , Michael E. Tobar , Serge Galliou , Maxim Goryachev

The Generalized Uncertainty Principle (or GUP) affects the dynamics in Plank scale. So the known equations of physics are expected to get modified at that very high energy regime. Very recently authors in (Ali et al. 2009) proposed a new…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-11-29 Barun Majumder

Various theories of Quantum Gravity argue that near the Planck scale, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle should be replaced by the so called Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP). We show that the GUP gives rise to two additional terms…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-02 Saurya Das , Elias C. Vagenas

Very recently authors in [5] proposed a new Generalized Uncertainty Principle (or GUP) with a linear term in Plank length. In this Letter the effect of this GUP is studied in quantum cosmological models with dust and cosmic string as the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-11 Barun Majumder

In this work, we consider generalized uncertainty principles (GUPs) that incorporate a minimal length through generic momentum-dependent deformation functions. We thus develop a systematic approach connecting such a framework to effective…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-19 Rocco D'Agostino , Pasquale Bosso , Giuseppe Gaetano Luciano

In this work, we consider the implications of a phenomenological model of quantum gravitational effects related to a minimal length, implemented via the Generalized Uncertainty Principle. Such effects are applied to the Bekenstein-Hawking…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-25 Pasquale Bosso , Mitja Fridman , Giuseppe Gaetano Luciano

In this work, we point out an overlooked and subtle feature of the generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) approach to quantizing gravity: namely that different pairs of modified operators with the same modified commutator,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-22 Michael Bishop , Joey Contreras , Douglas Singleton

The Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) implies the existence of a physical minimum length scale $l_m$. In this scenario, black holes must have a radius larger than $l_m$. They are hotter and evaporate faster than in standard Hawking…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-06-28 Marco Cavaglia , Benjamin Harms , Shaoqi Hou

According to a number of arguments in quantum gravity, both model-dependent and model-independent, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle is modified when approaching the Planck scale. This deformation is attributed to the existence of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-30 Pasquale Bosso , Giuseppe Gaetano Luciano , Luciano Petruzziello , Fabian Wagner

A possible discrepancy has been found between the results of a neutron interferometry experiment and Quantum Mechanics. This experiment suggests that the weak equivalence principle is violated at small length scales, which quantum mechanics…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-03-02 Ahmed Farag Ali

The Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) is motivated by the premise that spacetime fluctuations near the Planck scale impose a lower bound on the achievable resolution of distances, leading to a minimum length. Inspired by a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-12 Marcelo Netz-Marzola , César Augusto Zen Vasconcellos , Dimiter Hadjimichef