Intrinsic measurement errors for the speed of light in vacuum

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA8058zbMATH Open1372.83005OpenAlexW3105132096MaRDI QIDQ5369358FDOQ5369358

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Publication date: 17 October 2017

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

Abstract: The speed of light in vacuum, one of the most important and precisely measured natural constants, is fixed by convention to $c=299792458$ m/s. Advanced theories predict possible deviations from this universal value, or even quantum fluctuations of $c$. Combining arguments from quantum parameter estimation theory and classical general relativity, we here establish rigorously the existence of lower bounds on the uncertainty to which the speed of light in vacuum can be determined in a given region of space-time, subject to several reasonable restrictions. They provide a novel perspective on the experimental falsifiability of predictions for the quantum fluctuations of space-time.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.04979

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zbMATH Keywords

speed of lightgeneral relativityquantum metrology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05)

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