Background independent quantization and the uncertainty principle
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2014-11-20 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Physics
Abstract
It is shown that polymer quantization leads to a modified uncertainty principle similar to that obtained from string theory and non-commutative geometry. When applied to quantum field theory on general background spacetimes, corrections to the uncertainty principle acquire a metric dependence. For Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmology this translates to a scale factor dependence which gives a large effect in the early universe.
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@article{arxiv.1003.2207,
title = {Background independent quantization and the uncertainty principle},
author = {Golam Mortuza Hossain and Viqar Husain and Sanjeev S. Seahra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.2207},
year = {2014}
}
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6 pages