The interferometry-based experimental tests of quantum properties of space-time which the author sketched out in a recent short paper are here discussed in a self-contained fashion. In addition to providing detailed derivations of the results already announced in the previous paper, some new results are also derived; in particular, the analysis is extended to a larger class of scenarios for space-time fuzziness. It is argued that these studies could be helpful for the search for a theory describing a first stage of partial unification of gravity and quantum mechanics. ©2000 The American Physical Society.
GRAVITY WAVE INTERFEROMETERS AS PROBES OF A LOW-ENERGY EFFECTIVE QUANTUM GRAVITY / AMELINO-CAMELIA, Giovanni. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 0556-2821. - STAMPA. - 62:(2000), pp. 024015-1-024015-18. [10.1103/PhysRevD.62.024015]
GRAVITY WAVE INTERFEROMETERS AS PROBES OF A LOW-ENERGY EFFECTIVE QUANTUM GRAVITY
AMELINO-CAMELIA, Giovanni
2000
Abstract
The interferometry-based experimental tests of quantum properties of space-time which the author sketched out in a recent short paper are here discussed in a self-contained fashion. In addition to providing detailed derivations of the results already announced in the previous paper, some new results are also derived; in particular, the analysis is extended to a larger class of scenarios for space-time fuzziness. It is argued that these studies could be helpful for the search for a theory describing a first stage of partial unification of gravity and quantum mechanics. ©2000 The American Physical Society.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
