scholarly journals ON WEAK INTERACTIONS AS SHORT-DISTANCE MANIFESTATIONS OF GRAVITY

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (07) ◽  
pp. 1350022 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERTO ONOFRIO
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Short Distance ◽  
Weak Interactions ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Fundamental Symmetries ◽  
Spacetime Geometry ◽  
Newtonian Constant

We conjecture that weak interactions are peculiar manifestations of quantum gravity at the Fermi scale, and that the Fermi constant is related to the Newtonian constant of gravitation. In this framework one may understand the violations of fundamental symmetries by the weak interactions, in particular parity violations, as due to fluctuations of the spacetime geometry at a Planck scale coinciding with the Fermi scale. As a consequence, gravitational phenomena should play a more important role in the microworld, and experimental settings are suggested to test this hypothesis.

scholarly journals Unitarity and Information in Quantum Gravity: A Simple Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lautaro Amadei ◽  
Hongguang Liu ◽  
Alejandro Perez
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Theoretical Description ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Microscopic Structure ◽  
Large Reservoir ◽  
Black Hole Evaporation ◽  
Spacetime Geometry

In approaches to quantum gravity, where smooth spacetime is an emergent approximation of a discrete Planckian fundamental structure, any effective smooth field theoretical description would miss part of the fundamental degrees of freedom and thus break unitarity. This is applicable also to trivial gravitational field (low energy) idealizations realized by the use of Minkowski background geometry which, as with any other spacetime geometry, corresponds, in the fundamental description, to infinitely many different and closely degenerate discrete microstates. The existence of such microstates provides a large reservoir q-bit for information to be coded at the end of black hole evaporation and thus opens the way to a natural resolution of the black hole evaporation information puzzle. In this paper we show that these expectations can be made precise in a simple quantum gravity model for cosmology motivated by loop quantum gravity. Concretely, even when the model is fundamentally unitary, when microscopic degrees of freedom irrelevant to low-energy cosmological observers are suitably ignored, pure states in the effective description evolve into mixed states due to decoherence with the Planckian microscopic structure. Moreover, in the relevant physical regime these hidden degrees of freedom do not carry any “energy” and thus realize, in a fully quantum gravitational context, the idea (emphasized before by Unruh and Wald) that decoherence can take place without dissipation, now in a concrete gravitational model strongly motivated by quantum gravity. All this strengthens the perspective of a quite conservative and natural resolution of the black hole evaporation puzzle where information is not destroyed but simply degraded (made unavailable to low-energy observers) into correlations with the microscopic structure of the quantum geometry at the Planck scale.

scholarly journals Testing short distance anisotropy in space

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Mann ◽  
Idrus Husin ◽  
Hrishikesh Patel ◽  
Mir Faizal ◽  
Anto Sulaksono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Short Distance ◽  
Condensed Matter ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Heisenberg Algebra ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Scanning Tunnelling Microscope ◽  
Scanning Tunnelling ◽  
Energy Physics ◽  
Anisotropic Deformation

AbstractThe isotropy of space is not a logical requirement but rather is an empirical question; indeed there is suggestive evidence that universe might be anisotropic. A plausible source of these anisotropies could be quantum gravity corrections. If these corrections happen to be between the electroweak scale and the Planck scale, then these anisotropies can have measurable consequences at short distances and their effects can be measured using ultra sensitive condensed matter systems. We investigate how such anisotropic quantum gravity corrections modify low energy physics through an anisotropic deformation of the Heisenberg algebra. We discuss how such anisotropies might be observed using a scanning tunnelling microscope.

scholarly journals Neutrino masses, vacuum stability and quantum gravity prediction for the mass of the top quark

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillem Domènech ◽  
Mark Goodsell ◽  
Christof Wetterich
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Quark Mass ◽  
Scalar Potential ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Top Quark Mass ◽  
Vacuum Stability ◽  
Intermediate Scale ◽  
Yukawa Couplings

Abstract A general prediction from asymptotically safe quantum gravity is the approximate vanishing of all quartic scalar couplings at the UV fixed point beyond the Planck scale. A vanishing Higgs doublet quartic coupling near the Planck scale translates into a prediction for the ratio between the mass of the Higgs boson MH and the top quark Mt. If only the standard model particles contribute to the running of couplings below the Planck mass, the observed MH∼ 125 GeV results in the prediction for the top quark mass Mt∼ 171 GeV, in agreement with recent measurements. In this work, we study how the asymptotic safety prediction for the top quark mass is affected by possible physics at an intermediate scale. We investigate the effect of an SU(2) triplet scalar and right-handed neutrinos, needed to explain the tiny mass of left-handed neutrinos. For pure seesaw II, with no or very heavy right handed neutrinos, the top mass can increase to Mt ∼ 172.5 GeV for a triplet mass of M∆ ∼ 108GeV. Right handed neutrino masses at an intermediate scale increase the uncertainty of the predictions of Mt due to unknown Yukawa couplings of the right-handed neutrinos and a cubic interaction in the scalar potential. For an appropriate range of Yukawa couplings there is no longer an issue of vacuum stability.

scholarly journals Noisy effects in interferometric quantum gravity tests

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (08) ◽  
pp. 1740014 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Benatti ◽  
R. Floreanini ◽  
S. Olivares ◽  
E. Sindici
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Weak Coupling ◽  
Scale Effects ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Canonical Commutation Relations ◽  
Commutation Relations ◽  
Photon Propagation ◽  
Gravity Theories ◽  
Planck Scale Effects

Quantum-enhanced metrology is boosting interferometer sensitivities to extraordinary levels, up to the point where table-top experiments have been proposed to measure Planck-scale effects predicted by quantum gravity theories. In setups involving multiple photon interferometers, as those for measuring the so-called holographic fluctuations, entanglement provides substantial improvements in sensitivity. Entanglement is however a fragile resource and may be endangered by decoherence phenomena. We analyze how noisy effects arising either from the weak coupling to an external environment or from the modification of the canonical commutation relations in photon propagation may affect this entanglement-enhanced gain in sensitivity.

scholarly journals Black Hole Interior from Loop Quantum Gravity

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Modesto
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Event Horizon ◽  
Loop Quantum Gravity ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Semiclassical Analysis ◽  
Schwarzschild Solution ◽  
Quantum Black Hole ◽  
Minimum Value ◽  
Black Hole Interior

We calculate modifications to the Schwarzschild solution by using a semiclassical analysis of loop quantum black hole. We obtain a metric inside the event horizon that coincides with the Schwarzschild solution near the horizon but that is substantially different at the Planck scale. In particular, we obtain a bounce of theS2sphere for a minimum value of the radius and that it is possible to have another event horizon close to ther=0point.

scholarly journals Prediction for the cosmological constant and constraints on SUSY GUTs in resummed quantum gravity

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (29) ◽  
pp. 1830028
Author(s):  
B. F. L. Ward
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Uncertainty Principle ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
General Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle ◽  
Heisenberg Uncertainty

Working in the context of the Planck scale cosmology formulation of Bonanno and Reuter, we use our resummed quantum gravity approach to Einstein’s general theory of relativity to estimate the value of the cosmological constant as [Formula: see text]. We show that SUSY GUT models are constrained by the closeness of this estimate to experiment. We also address various consistency checks on the calculation. In particular, we use the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to remove a large part of the remaining uncertainty in our estimate of [Formula: see text].

scholarly journals PROPOSAL OF A SECOND GENERATION OF QUANTUM-GRAVITY-MOTIVATED LORENTZ-SYMMETRY TESTS: SENSITIVITY TO EFFECTS SUPPRESSED QUADRATICALLY BY THE PLANCK SCALE

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (09) ◽  
pp. 1633-1639 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIOVANNI AMELINO-CAMELIA
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Loop Quantum Gravity ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Lorentz Symmetry ◽  
Planck Length ◽  
Satisfactory Description ◽  
Symmetry Tests ◽  
Quantum Spacetime

Over the last few years the study of possible Planck-scale departures from classical Lorentz symmetry has been one of the most active areas of quantum-gravity research. We now have a satisfactory description of the fate of Lorentz symmetry in the most popular noncommutative spacetimes and several studies have been devoted to the fate of Lorentz symmetry in loop quantum gravity. Remarkably there are planned experiments with enough sensitivity to reveal these quantum-spacetime effects, if their magnitude is only linearly suppressed by the Planck length. Unfortunately, in some quantum-gravity scenarios even the strongest quantum-spacetime effects are suppressed by at least two powers of the Planck length, and many authors have argued that it would be impossible to test these quadratically-suppressed effects. I here observe that advanced cosmic-ray observatories and neutrino observatories can provide the first elements of an experimental programme testing the possibility of departures from Lorentz symmetry that are quadratically Planck-length suppressed.

scholarly journals POLYMER GEOMETRY AT PLANCK SCALE AND QUANTUM EINSTEIN EQUATIONS

1996 ◽  
Vol 05 (06) ◽  
pp. 629-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
ABHAY ASHTEKAR
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Coarse Graining ◽  
Space Structure ◽  
Einstein Equations ◽  
Hamiltonian Constraint ◽  
Recent Approach ◽  
Canonical Approach ◽  
Background Fields ◽  
Discrete Spectra

Over the last two years, the canonical approach to quantum gravity based on connections and triads has been put on a firm mathematical footing through the development and application of a new functional calculus on the space of gauge equivalent connections. This calculus does not use any background fields (such as a metric) and thus well-suited to a fully non-perturbative treatment of quantum gravity. Using this framework, quantum geometry is examined. Fundamental excitations turn out to be one-dimensional, rather like polymers. Geometrical observables such as areas of surfaces and volumes of regions are purely discrete spectra. Continuum picture arises only upon coarse graining of suitable semi-classical states. Next, regulated quantum diffeomorphism constraints can be imposed in an anomaly-free fashion and the space of solutions can be given a natural Hilbert space structure. Progress has also been made on the quantum Hamiltonian constraint in a number of directions. In particular, there is a recent approach based on a generalized .Wick transformation which maps solutions to the Euclidean quantum constraints to those of the Lorentzian theory. These developments are summarized. Emphasis is on conveying the underlying ideas and overall pictures rather than technical details.

scholarly journals Discrete Hilbert space, the Born Rule, and quantum gravity

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (03) ◽  
pp. 2150013
Author(s):  
Stephen D. H. Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Hilbert Space ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Discrete Models ◽  
Born Rule ◽  
Gravitational Effects ◽  
Spacetime Geometry ◽  
Decoherent Histories ◽  
Lattice Quantum ◽  
Spacetime Interval ◽  
Matter Fields

Quantum gravitational effects suggest a minimal length, or spacetime interval, of order of the Planck length. This in turn suggests that Hilbert space itself may be discrete rather than continuous. One implication is that quantum states with norm below some very small threshold do not exist. The exclusion of what Everett referred to as maverick branches is necessary for the emergence of the Born Rule in no collapse quantum mechanics. We discuss this in the context of quantum gravity, showing that discrete models (such as simplicial or lattice quantum gravity) indeed suggest a discrete Hilbert space with minimum norm. These considerations are related to the ultimate level of fine-graining found in decoherent histories (of spacetime geometry plus matter fields) produced by quantum gravity.

scholarly journals Collision Space-Time.  Unified Quantum Gravity. Gravity is Lorentz Symmetry Break Down at the Planck Scale

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Espen Haug
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Lorentz Symmetry ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Gravity Theory ◽  
Relativistic Wave Equation ◽  
Relativistic Energy ◽  
Modern Physics ◽  
Heisenberg Uncertainty

We have recently presented a unified quantum gravity theory [1]. Here we extend on that work and present an even simpler version of that theory. For about hundred years, modern physics has not been able to build a bridge between quantum mechanics and gravity. However, a solution may be found here; we present our quantum gravity theory, which is rooted in indivisible particles where matter and gravity are related to collisions and can be described by collision space-time. In this paper, we also show that we can formulate a quantum wave equation rooted in collision space-time, which is equivalent to mass and energy.The beauty of our theory is that most of the main equations that currently exist in physics are not changed (in terms of predictions), except at the Planck scale. The Planck scale is directly linked to gravity and gravity is, surprisingly, actually a Lorentz symmetry as well as a form of Heisenberg uncertainty break down at the Planck scale. Our theory gives a dramatic simplification of many physics formulas without altering the output predictions. The relativistic wave equation, the relativistic energy momentum relation, and Minkowski space can all be represented by simpler equations when we understand mass at a deeper level. This not attained at a cost, but rather a reflection of the benefit in having gravity and electromagnetism unified under the same theory.

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