Formulation of electrodynamics with an external source in the presence of a minimal measurable length (Q903841)

Summary: In a series of papers, \textit{C. Quesne} and \textit{V. M. Tkachuk} [Czech. J. Phys. 56, No. 10--11, 1269--1274 (2006; Zbl 1109.81045); J. Phys. A, Math. Gen. 39, No. 34, 10909--10922 (2006; Zbl 1168.81014)] presented a D + 1-dimensional (\(\beta, \beta^{\prime}\))-two-parameter Lorentz-covariant deformed algebra which leads to a nonzero minimal measurable length. In this paper, the Lagrangian formulation of electrodynamics in a 3 + 1-dimensional spacetime described by Quesne-Tkachuk algebra is studied in the special case of \(\beta^{\prime} = 2\beta \) up to the first order over the deformation parameter \(\beta \). It is demonstrated that at the classical level there is a similarity between electrodynamics in the presence of a minimal measurable length (generalized electrodynamics) and Lee-Wick electrodynamics. We obtain the free space solutions of the inhomogeneous Maxwell's equations in the presence of a minimal length. These solutions describe two vector particles (a massless vector particle and a massive vector particle). We estimate two different upper bounds on the isotropic minimal length. The first upper bound is near to the electroweak length scale (\(\ell_{\text{electroweak}}\sim 10^{-18}\) m), while the second one is near to the length scale for the strong interactions (\(\ell_{\text{strong}}\sim 10^{-15}\) m). The relationship between the Gaete-Spallucci nonlocal electrodynamics [\textit{P. Gaete} and \textit{E. Spallucci}, J. Phys. A, Math. Theor. 45, No. 6, Article ID 065401, 14 p. (2012; Zbl 1236.81189)] and electrodynamics with a minimal length is investigated.