Published December 13, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Noncommutative quantum mechanics of a test particle under linearly polarized gravitational waves

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, West Bengal State University, Barasat (India)

Description

We consider the quantum dynamics of a test particle first with no potential and then with hermonic oscillator potential in noncommutative space under the influence of a passing linearized gravitational wave in the long wave-length and low-velocity limit. A prescription for quantizing the classical Hamiltonian for these systems is proposed. While both the solutions show noncommutative signatures, for the hermonic oscillator case a resonance scenario is found. We expect this noncommutative signature to show up as some noise source in the GW detection experiments since the recent phenomenological upper-bounds set on spatial noncommutative parameter implies a length-scale comparable to the length-variations due to the passage of gravitational waves, detectable in the present day GW detectors.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/405/1/012029

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
405
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
International conference on modern perspectives of cosmology and gravitation
Acronym
COSGRAV12
Dates
7-11 Feb 2012
Place
Kolkata (India)