Chapter Title
Granularity in angle: Observability in scattering experiments
Type of Work
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2014
Book Title
Relativity and gravitation: 100 years after Einstein in Prague
Book Editor
Jirí Bicák, Tomás Ledvinka
Publisher
Springer
City
New York, New York, USA
First Page
547
Last Page
554
Volume
157
Series
Springer Proceedings in Physics
ISBN
978-3-319-06760-5
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-06761-2_76
Abstract
Geometry is quantized in loop quantum gravity. As a step toward building a detailed phenomenology of this discrete geometry a model of an atom of geometry is reviewed. The model, which preserves local Lorentz invariance, exhibits a lever arm that raises the scale at which the granularity in angle becomes apparent. The signature of this effect is a systematic shift of observed angles in processes such as high energy particle scattering experiments. To check assumptions in the model, coherent states of a simple atom of spatial geometry are explored using information intrinsic to the quantum state.
Citation Information
Major, Seth and Zappala, Jake Christopher '12, "Granularity in angle: Observability in scattering experiments" (2014). Hamilton Digital Commons.
https://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/chapters/58
Hamilton Areas of Study
Physics
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