Is there an observable limit to Lorentz invariance at the compton wavelength scale?

DOI10.1007/S10714-010-0944-1zbMATH Open1197.83014arXiv0903.4644OpenAlexW3101312795MaRDI QIDQ5961914FDOQ5961914

Authors: D. C. Singh, Nader Mobed 

Publication date: 16 September 2010

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The possibility of a frame-induced violation of Lorentz invariance due to non-inertial spin-1/2 particle motion is explored in detail for muon decay while in orbit near the event horizon of a microscopic Kerr black hole. It is explicitly shown that kinematic and curvature contributions to the muon's decay spectrum--in the absence of any unforeseen processes due to quantum gravity--lead to its stabilization at the muon's Compton wavelength scale. This example is emblematic of the search for unambiguous indicators to critically assess current and future approaches to quantum gravity research.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.4644

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zbMATH Keywords

spin-1/2 particles in curved space-timeCasimir propertiesFermi normal co-ordinatesMuon decay

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Special relativity (83A05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Black holes (83C57) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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