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We show that the existence of a minimum measurable length and the related Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP), predicted by theories of Quantum Gravity, influence all quantum Hamiltonians. Thus, they predict quantum gravity corrections…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-12-18 Saurya Das , Elias C. Vagenas

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

We review versions of the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) obtained in string theory and in gedanken experiments carried out in Quantum Gravity. We show how a GUP can be derived from a measure gedanken experiment involving…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-05 Fabio Scardigli

Quantum gravity effects modify the Heisenberg's uncertainty principle to a generalized uncertainty principle (GUP). Earlier work showed that the GUP-induced corrections to the Schr\"odinger equation, when applied to a non-relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-04 Soumen Deb , Saurya Das , Elias C. Vagenas

Theories of Quantum Gravity predict a minimum measurable length and a corresponding modification of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle to the so-called Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP). However, this modification is usually…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-17 Vasil Todorinov , Saurya Das , Pasquale Bosso

The Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) has emerged in numerous attempts to a theory of quantum gravity and predicts the existence of a minimum length in Nature. In this work, we consider two cosmological models arising from Friedmann…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-12 Serena Giardino , Vincenzo Salzano

Various candidates of quantum gravity such as string theory, loop quantum gravity and black hole physics all predict the existence of a minimum observable length which modifies the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to so-called Generalized…

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

The generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) is a gravitational correction of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, which allows us to probe some features of quantum gravity even without the full theory. We are used to working with metric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-21 Yen Chin Ong

The Generalized Uncertainty Principle and the related minimum length are normally considered in non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Extending it to relativistic theories is important for having a Lorentz invariant minimum length and for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-11 Vasil Todorinov , Pasquale Bosso , Saurya Das

The Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) has been directly applied to the motion of (macroscopic) test bodies on a given space-time in order to compute corrections to the classical orbits predicted in Newtonian Mechanics or General…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-17 R. Casadio , F. Scardigli

Existence of minimal length is suggested in any quantum theory of gravity such as string theory, double special relativity and black hole physics. One way to impose minimal length is deforming Heisenberg algebra in phase space which is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-10-18 B. Vakili , M. A. Gorji

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 approaches to quantum gravity, such as string theory, predict a minimal measurable length and a modification of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle near the Plank scale, known as the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP). Here we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-04 Fatemeh Ahmadi , Jafar Khodagholizadeh

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

Quantum gravity has been baffling the theoretical physicist for decades now: both for its mathematical obscurity and phenomenological testing. Nevertheless, the new era of precision cosmology presents a promising avenue to test the effects…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-14 Gaurav Bhandari , S. D. Pathak , Manabendra Sharma , Anzhong Wang

Inspired by the generalization of scalar field gravitational models with a minimum length we study the equivalent theory in modified theories of gravity. The quadratic Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) gives rise to a deformed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-09 Andronikos Paliathanasis

A maximun acceleration analysis by Pati dating back to 1992 is here improved by replacing the traditional Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (HUP) with the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP), which predicts the existence of a minimum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-21 Christian Corda , Carlo Cafaro , Newshaw Bahreyni

We propose two higher order generalized uncertainty principles(GUPs) which predict a minimum uncertainty in momentum and apply the deformations that they entail of the Heisenberg algebra to one half of the phase space of the LRS Bianchi I…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-01 Daniel Berkowitz

Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) was obtained in string theory and quantum gravity and suggested the existence of a fundamental minimal length which, as was established, can be obtained within the deformed Heisenberg algebra. We use…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-24 V. M. Tkachuk

Several phenomenological approaches to quantum gravity predict the existence of a minimal measurable length and/or a maximum measurable momentum near the Planck scale. When embedded into the framework of quantum mechanics, such constraints…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-30 Eissa Al-Nasrallah , Saurya Das , Fabrizio Illuminati , Luciano Petruzziello , Elias C. Vagenas