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Planck length as the lower bound to all physical length scales

Authors :
Thanu Padmanabhan
Source :
General Relativity and Gravitation. 17:215-221
Publication Year :
1985
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1985.

Abstract

The effect of quantum fluctuations of gravity on the measurement of proper distances is considered. It is shown that, when the length scales are of the order of Planck length, the concept of a unique distance between points ceases to exist. It is also shown that the quantum expectation value of the proper length is bounded from below by Planck length in any space-time.

Details

ISSN :
15729532 and 00017701
Volume :
17
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
General Relativity and Gravitation
Accession number :
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