Higher-order theories from the minimal length

DOI10.1142/S0217751X16500871zbMATH Open1344.70035arXiv1605.04650OpenAlexW3104200356MaRDI QIDQ2818138FDOQ2818138

Authors: M. Dias, J. M. Hoff da Silva, Eslley Scatena 

Publication date: 6 September 2016

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

Abstract: We show that the introduction of a minimal length in the context of non-commutative spacetime gives rise (after some considerations) to higher-order theories. We then explicitly demonstrate how these higher-derivative theories appear as a generalization of the standard electromagnetism and general relativity by applying a consistent procedure that modifies the original Maxwell and Einstein-Hilbert actions. In order to set a bound on the minimal length, we compare the deviations from the inverse-square law with the potentials obtained in the higher-order theories and discuss the validity of the results. The introduction of a quantum bound for the minimal length parameter $$ in the higher-order QED allows us to lower the actual limits on the parameters of higher-derivative gravity by almost half of their order of magnitude.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.04650

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zbMATH Keywords

minimal lengthnoncommutativityhigher-order theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher-order theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H50) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Noncommutative geometry in quantum theory (81R60) Noncommutative geometry methods in quantum field theory (81T75)

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