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This work continues earlier investigations towards constructing a consistent new Quantum Field Theory with fundamental mass $M$, defining a hypothetical but universal scale in the region of ultrahigh energies. From a theoretical point of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Rustam M. Ibadov

Schemes of gravitationally induced decoherence are being actively investigated as possible mechanisms for the quantum-to-classical transition. Here, we introduce a decoherence process due to quantum gravity effects. We assume a foamy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-23 Luciano Petruzziello , Fabrizio Illuminati

The first order perturbations of the energy levels of a stationary hydrogen atom in static external gravitational field, with Schwarzschild metric, are investigated. The energy shifts are calculated for the relativistic 1S, 2S, 2P, 3S, 3P,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Zhen-Hua Zhao , Yu-Xiao Liu , Xi-Guo Li

The starting point of quantum mechanics is the relationship between energy and momentum: energy is proportional to the squared momentum! As a result, energy and momentum have not been treated equally. The wave equation required by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-30 Jin He

Quantum gravity (QG) has a natural cutoff given by the Planck scale $M_{\rm pl}$. However, it is known that the EFT of gravity can break down at a lower scale, the species scale $\Lambda_s\lesssim M_{\rm pl}$, if there are light species of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-14 Alek Bedroya , Cumrun Vafa , David H. Wu

There ought to exist a reformulation of quantum theory which does not depend on classical time. To achieve such a reformulation, we introduce the concept of an atom of space-time-matter (STM). An STM atom is a classical non-commutative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-07-17 Shounak De , Tejinder P. Singh , Abhinav Varma

This study explores asymptotically flat wormhole solutions in $f(Q,T)=\alpha Q+ \beta T$ gravity, expanding upon our prior work (arXiv:2602.00527v1) with matter Lagrangian density, $L_m=-P$ . Here, we examine the implications of employing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-21 Sodabe Nasirimoghadam , Foad Parsaei , Sara Rastgoo

The fundamental constants of electromagnetism, gravity and quantum mechanics can be related empirically by the numerical approximation $\ln(V_e/V_P)\approx \alpha^{-1}$, where $\alpha$ is the low energy value of the electromagnetic fine…

General Physics · Physics 2018-01-31 L. Eaves

We determine active gravitational mass operator of the simplest composite quantum body - a hydrogen atom - within the semiclassical approach to the Einstein equation for a gravitational field. We show that the expectation value of the mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-28 Andrei G. Lebed

Quadratic gravity presents us with a renormalizable, asymptotically free theory of quantum gravity. When its couplings grow strong at some scale, as in QCD, then this strong scale sets the Planck mass. QCD has a gluon that does not appear…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-06-15 Bob Holdom , Jing Ren

We give a general expression for the static potential energy of the gravitational interaction of two massive particles, in terms of an invariant vacuum expectation value of the quantized gravitational field. This formula holds for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 Giovanni Modanese

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

The infinite dimensional generalization of the quantum mechanics of extended objects, namely, the quantum field theory of extended objects is employed to address the hitherto nonrenormalizable gravitational interaction following which the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 Ramchander R. Sastry

The basic features of a quantum field theory which is Poincar\'e invariant, gauge invariant, finite and unitary to all orders of perturbation theory are reviewed. Quantum gravity is finite and unitary to all orders of perturbation theory.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 J. W. Moffat

The ordinary quantum theory points out that general relativity is negligible for spatial distances up to the Planck scale. Consistency in the foundations of the quantum theory requires a``soft'' spacetime structure of the general relativity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-09-13 Peter Leifer

We discuss a Gedanken experiment for the measurement of the area of the apparent horizon of a black hole in quantum gravity. Using rather general and model-independent considerations we find a generalized uncertainty principle which agrees…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Michele Maggiore

In recent years several ideas for experimental searches of effects induced by quantum properties of space-time have been discussed. Some of these ideas concern the role in quantum spacetime of the ordinary Lorentz symmetry of classical flat…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Giovanni Amelino-Camelia

Cosmological perturbations are generally described by quantum fields on (curved but) classical space-times. While this strategy has a large domain of validity, it can not be justified in the quantum gravity era where curvature and matter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 Ivan Agullo , Abhay Ashtekar , William Nelson

The gravity is classically formulated as the geometric curvature of the space-time in general relativity which is completely different from the other well-known physical forces. Since seeking a quantum framework for the gravity is a great…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-09-29 Cao H. Nam

The relativistic quantum dynamics of a spinless charged particle interacting with both Aharonov-Bohm and Coulomb-type potentials in the G\"odel-type spacetime is considered. The dynamics of the system is governed by the Klein-Gordon…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-07-09 Edilberto O. Silva