MINIMUM LENGTH FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES

DOI10.1142/S0218271805008005MaRDI QIDQ5468502zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Stephen D. H. Hsu, Xavier Calmet, Michael Graesser

Publication date 10 May 2006

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0505144

zbMATH Keywords

minimal length

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

Abstract: We show that no device or gedanken experiment is capable of measuring a distance less than the Planck length. By "measuring a distance less than the Planck length" we mean, technically, resolve the eigenvalues of the position operator to within that accuracy. The only assumptions in our argument are causality, the uncertainty principle from quantum mechanics and a dynamical criteria for gravitational collapse from classical general relativity called the hoop conjecture. The inability of any gedanken experiment to measure a sub-Planckian distance suggests the existence of a minimal length.

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