SPACE–TIME FOAM MAY VIOLATE THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE

DOI10.1142/S0217751X04019780MaRDI QIDQ4660985zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nick E. Mavromatos, John Ellis, D. V. Nanopoulos, Alexander S. Sakharov

Publication date 4 April 2005

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0312044

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentz invariancespace-time foamPrinciple of equivalence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: The interactions of different particle species with the foamy space-time fluctuations expected in quantum gravity theories may not be universal, in which case different types of energetic particles may violate Lorentz invariance by varying amounts, violating the equivalence principle. We illustrate this possibility in two different models of space-time foam based on D-particle fluctuations in either flat Minkowski space or a stack of intersecting D-branes. Both models suggest that Lorentz invariance could be violated for energetic particles that do not carry conserved charges, such as photons, whereas charged particles such electrons would propagate in a Lorentz-inavariant way. The D-brane model further suggests that gluon propagation might violate Lorentz invariance, but not neutrinos. We argue that these conclusions hold at both the tree (lowest-genus) and loop (higher-genus) levels, and discuss their implications for the phenomenology of quantum gravity.

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