Published November 2020 | Version v1
Journal article

Modified inertia from extended uncertainty principle(s) and its relation to MoND

  • 1. Departament de Matemàtica, Universitat de Lleida, Catalonia (Spain)
  • 2. INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Gruppo collegato di Salerno, Naples (Italy)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Salerno, Fisciano (Italy)

Description

In this paper we show that Modified Inertia, i.e., the modification of inertia predicted by some alternative theories of gravity at cosmic scales, can be naturally derived within the framework of the extended uncertainty principle (EUP). Specifically, we consider two possible extensions of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle (HUP), corresponding to two different deformations of the fundamental commutator: the first one provides the natural generalization of the HUP to the (anti)-de Sitter spacetime and is endowed with only a quadratic correction in the uncertainty position. On the other hand, the second model contains both linear and quadratic extra terms. We prove that modified inertia is a direct consequence of the minimal acceleration experienced by any body due to the cosmic expansion. The obtained results are then discussed in connection with the empirical predictions of Modified Newtonian dynamics (MoND). The requirement of consistency between the two approaches allows us to fix the adjustable constant which marks the transition between the Newtonian and deep-MoND regimes.

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-08636-x

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 1-8
ISSN
1434-6052
CODEN
EPCFFB

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
52036573
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ANTI DE SITTER SPACE; COMMUTATORS; GRAVITATION; SPACE-TIME; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPACE

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