Interferometric tests of Planckian quantum geometry models
Abstract
The effect of Planck scale quantum geometrical effects on measurements with interferometers is estimated with standard physics, and with a variety of proposed extensions. It is shown that effects are negligible in standard field theory with canonically quantized gravity. Statistical noise levels are estimated in a variety of proposals for nonstandard metric fluctuations, and these alternatives are constrained using upper bounds on stochastic metric fluctuations from LIGO. Idealized models of several interferometer system architectures are used to predict signal noise spectra in a quantum geometry that cannot be described by a fluctuating metric, in which position noise arises from holographic bounds on directional information. Lastly, predictions in this case are shown to be close to current and projected experimental bounds.
- Authors:
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[1];
- Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1253179
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1248064
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-15-006-A; arXiv:1410.8197
Journal ID: ISSN 0264-9381; 1325088
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359; Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0264-9381
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; holographic noise; interferometry; quantum geometry; Planckian physics
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Kwon, Ohkyung, and Hogan, Craig J. Interferometric tests of Planckian quantum geometry models. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1088/0264-9381/33/10/105004.
Kwon, Ohkyung, & Hogan, Craig J. Interferometric tests of Planckian quantum geometry models. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/33/10/105004
Kwon, Ohkyung, and Hogan, Craig J. Tue .
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@article{osti_1253179,
title = {Interferometric tests of Planckian quantum geometry models},
author = {Kwon, Ohkyung and Hogan, Craig J.},
abstractNote = {The effect of Planck scale quantum geometrical effects on measurements with interferometers is estimated with standard physics, and with a variety of proposed extensions. It is shown that effects are negligible in standard field theory with canonically quantized gravity. Statistical noise levels are estimated in a variety of proposals for nonstandard metric fluctuations, and these alternatives are constrained using upper bounds on stochastic metric fluctuations from LIGO. Idealized models of several interferometer system architectures are used to predict signal noise spectra in a quantum geometry that cannot be described by a fluctuating metric, in which position noise arises from holographic bounds on directional information. Lastly, predictions in this case are shown to be close to current and projected experimental bounds.},
doi = {10.1088/0264-9381/33/10/105004},
journal = {Classical and Quantum Gravity},
number = 10,
volume = 33,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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