Gravitational effects on the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: a geometric approach

Abstract

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (HUP) limits the accuracy in the simultaneous measurements of the position and momentum variables of any quantum system. This is known to be true in the context of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. Based on a semiclassical geometric approach, here we propose an effective generalization of this principle, which is well-suited to be extended to general relativity scenarios as well. We apply our formalism to Schwarzschild and de Sitter spacetime, showing that the ensuing uncertainty relations can be mapped into well-known deformations of the HUP. We also infer the form of the perturbed metric that mimics the emergence of a discrete spacetime structure at Planck scale, consistently with the predictions of the Generalized Uncertainty Principle. Finally, we discuss our results in connection with other approaches recently appeared in the literature.

Relativistic Extended Uncertainty Principle from Spacetime Curvature

“…Those studies as well as most of the work on GUPs and EUPs have in common, that they are restricted to the nonrelativistic context (some notable exceptions are provided in Refs. [36,[41][42][43]). The present paper is intended to relax this assumption by dropping the nonrelativistic limit altogether and thus obtain an uncertainty relation which can be applied to fast as well as massless particles in a general relativistic setting.…”