Effect of quantum and thermal jitter on the feasibility of Beckenstein's proposed experiment to search for Planck-scale signals
arXiv:1805.11212 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.124053
Abstract
A proposed experiment to test whether space is discretized [J. D. Bekenstein, Phys. Rev. D 86, 124040 (2012); Found. Phys. 44, 452 (2014)] is based on the supposed impossibility of an incident photon causing a displacement of a transparent block by less than the Planck length. An analysis of the quantum and thermal jitter of the block shows that it greatly diminishes the possibility that the experiment could reveal Planck-scale signals.
arXiv comment5 pages, accepted for publication in Physical Review D
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