Virtual Black Holes from Generalized Uncertainty Principle and Proton Decay

Abstract

We investigate the formation of virtual black holes in the context of generalized uncertainty principle (GUP), as a mediator for a proton decay process which is forbidden by the standard model. Then, we calculate the lower bounds of the GUP deformation parameter by the experimental bound on the half life of the proton.

13 pages, 1 figure. Minor typos corrected. Published in EPL

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• Gravitational tests of the Generalized Uncertainty Principle
• GUP parameter from quantum corrections to the Newtonian potential
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