Indirect probe of quantum gravity using molecular wave-packets

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AB4212MaRDI QIDQ5160003zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Carlos Villalpando, Sujoy Kumar Modak

Publication date 28 October 2021

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.09696

zbMATH Keywords

generalized uncertainty principleminimal length scalequantum gravity phenomenology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Uncertainty relations, also entropic (81S07) Molecular physics (81V55) Asymptotic procedures (radiation, news functions, (mathcal{H} )-spaces, etc.) in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C30) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Methods of noncommutative geometry in general relativity (83C65)

Abstract: The most obvious obstacle behind a direct test of Quantum Gravity (QG) is its energy scale ($10^{19}$ GeV), which remains well outside of any human made machine. The next best possible approach is to provide indirect tests on effective theories of QG which can be performed in a lower energy scale. This paper is aimed in this direction, and shows a promising path to test the existence of the fundamental minimal length scale of Nature by measuring the dispersion of free, large molecular wave-packets. The existence of the minimal length is believed to be the reason for a modified commutation relationship between the position and momentum operators and, in this paper, we show that such a modification of the commutator has a profound effect on the dispersion rate of free wave-packets, and precise measurement on the broadening times of large molecular wave-packets (such as $C_{60}$, $C_{176}$ and large organic molecules) provide a promising path for an indirect test of quantum gravity, in a laboratory setting.

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