Quantum Gravity Phenomenology from the Generalized Uncertainty Principle

ORAL

Abstract

Quantum gravity theories predict modifications of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle to the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP), which in turn predicts the existence of a minimum measurable length. In this presentation I will show how GUP modifies standard quantum mechanics, for example that of quantum optical systems and the theory of angular momentum, and how these can be used to test quantum gravity effects in the laboratory.

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Authors

  • Pasquale Bosso

    University of Lethbridge

  • Mike Smith

    University of Kentucky, Michigan State University, University of Guelph, TRIUMF, Colorado School of Mines, Simon Fraser University, University of Texas at Dallas, Washington State University, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, University of Calgary, University of British Columbia, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv U., Cyclotron Institute and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A\&M U., Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, U. Manitoba, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, U. British Columbia, TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Institut f{\"u}r Kernphysik, Westf{\"a}lische Wilhelms-Universit{\"a}t, M{\"u}nster, Germany, Simon Fraser U./TRIUMF, U. British Columbia/TRIUMF, MPIK/TRIUMF, U. Manitoba, U. Surrey, TRIUMF/U. British Columbia, U. Manitoba/TRIUMF, McGill U., Simon Fraser U., Queen Mary University of London, Harvard University, University of Lethbridge, Georgia Institute of Technology, St. Mary's University, University of Washington, University of Auckland, Central Washington University