scholarly journals Testing CPT Symmetry with Neutral K Mesons: A Review

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2063
Author(s):  
Antonio Di Domenico
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Phenomenological Models ◽  
Discrete Symmetry ◽  
Neutral Kaon ◽  
Lorentz Symmetry ◽  
Cpt Symmetry ◽  
Symmetry Violation ◽  
Gravity Effects ◽  
K Mesons

The neutral kaon system is a very peculiar system that offers unique possibilities to perform precise tests of the CPT symmetry. The entanglement of neutral kaon pairs that are produced at a ϕ-factory opens up new ways and scenarios in order to test this fundamental discrete symmetry. In this paper, the results of the most recent and significant CPT tests are reviewed. Experiments have set stringent limits on the CPT-violating parameters of different phenomenological models, some of them associated to possible decoherence mechanisms or Lorentz symmetry violation which might be justified in a quantum gravity framework. The present results show no violation of CPT symmetry, while their accuracy in some cases reaches the interesting level at which–in the most optimistic scenarios–quantum gravity effects might show up.

scholarly journals TESTING κ-POINCARÉ WITH NEUTRAL KAONS

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (34) ◽  
pp. 2119-2127 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIOVANNI AMELINO-CAMELIA ◽  
FRANCO BUCCELLA
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Gamma Rays ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Neutral Kaon ◽  
Planck Length ◽  
Cpt Symmetry ◽  
Simple Estimate ◽  
System A ◽  
Neutral Kaons ◽  
Deformation Length

In recent work on experimental tests of quantum-gravity-motivated phenomenological models, a significant role has been played by the so-called "κ" deformations of Poincaré symmetries. Sensitivity to values of the relevant deformation length λ as small as 5×10-33 m has been achieved in recent analyses comparing the structure of κ-Poincaré symmetries with data on the gamma rays we detect from distant astrophysical sources. We investigate violations of CPT symmetry which may be associated with κ-Poincaré in the physics of the neutral-kaon system. A simple estimate indicates that experiments on the neutral kaons may actually be more λ-sensitive than the corresponding astrophysical experiments, and may already allow to probe values of λ of order the Planck length.

scholarly journals LARGE QUANTUM GRAVITY EFFECTS: CYLINDRICAL WAVES IN FOUR DIMENSIONS

2000 ◽  
Vol 09 (06) ◽  
pp. 669-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARÍA E. ANGULO ◽  
GUILLERMO A. MENA MARUGÁN
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Symmetry Axis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Asymptotic Region ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Cylindrical Waves ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Gravity Effects ◽  
Linearly Polarized

Linearly polarized cylindrical waves in four-dimensional vacuum gravity are mathematically equivalent to rotationally symmetric gravity coupled to a Maxwell (or Klein–Gordon) field in three dimensions. The quantization of this latter system was performed by Ashtekar and Pierri in a recent work. Employing that quantization, we obtain here a complete quantum theory which describes the four-dimensional geometry of the Einstein–Rosen waves. In particular, we construct regularized operators to represent the metric. It is shown that the results achieved by Ashtekar about the existence of important quantum gravity effects in the Einstein–Maxwell system at large distances from the symmetry axis continue to be valid from a four-dimensional point of view. The only significant difference is that, in order to admit an approximate classical description in the asymptotic region, states that are coherent in the Maxwell field need not contain a large number of photons anymore. We also analyze the metric fluctuations on the symmetry axis and argue that they are generally relevant for all of the coherent states.

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 Quantum-gravity effects for excited states of inflationary perturbations

2019 ◽  
Vol 99 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Brizuela ◽  
Claus Kiefer ◽  
Manuel Krämer ◽  
Salvador Robles-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Gravity Effects

scholarly journals Quantum Gravity Phenomenology from the Thermodynamics of Spacetime

Universe ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Ana Alonso-Serrano ◽  
Marek Liška
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Einstein Equations ◽  
Logarithmic Term ◽  
Quantum Gravity Phenomenology ◽  
Gravity Effects ◽  
Energy Quantum ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
Big Bang Singularity ◽  
Modified Dynamics

This work is based on the formalism developed in the study of the thermodynamics of spacetime used to derive Einstein equations from the proportionality of entropy within an area. When low-energy quantum gravity effects are considered, an extra logarithmic term in the area is added to the entropy expression. Here, we present the derivation of the quantum modified gravitational dynamics from this modified entropy expression and discuss its main features. Furthermore, we outline the application of the modified dynamics to cosmology, suggesting the replacement of the Big Bang singularity with a regular bounce.

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