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LIMIT TO SPACE-TIME MEASUREMENT

Published:1994-02-10 Issue:04 Volume:09 Page:335-340
ISSN:0217-7323
Container-title:Modern Physics Letters A
language:en
Short-container-title:Mod. Phys. Lett. A

Author:

JACK NG Y.¹,VAN DAM H.¹

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Field Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599–3255, USA

Abstract

Applying simultaneously the principles of quantum mechanics and general relativity we find an intrinsic limitation to quantum measurements of space-time distances. The intrinsic uncertainty of a length is shown to be proportional to the one third power of the length itself. This uncertainty in space-time measurements implies an intrinsic uncertainty of the space-time metric and yields quantum decoherence for particles heavier than the Planck mass.

Publisher

World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

Subject

General Physics and Astronomy,Astronomy and Astrophysics,Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Link

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S0217732394000356

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