Lorentz invariance and quantum gravity: an additional fine-tuning problem?

Autores
Collins, John; Pérez, Alejandro; Sudarsky, Daniel; Urrutia, Luis F.; Vucetich, Héctor
Año de publicación
2004
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inglés
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Descripción
Trying to combine standard quantum field theories with gravity leads to a breakdown of the usual structure of space time at around the Planck length, 1.6 × 10⁻³⁵ m , with possible violations of Lorentz invariance. Calculations of preferred-frame effects in quantum gravity have further motivated high precision searches for Lorentz violation. Here, we explain that combining known elementary particle interactions with a Planck-scale preferred frame gives rise to Lorentz violation at the percent level, some 20 orders of magnitude higher than earlier estimates, unless the bare parameters of the theory are unnaturally strongly fine tuned. Therefore an important task is not just the improvement of the precision of searches for violations of Lorentz invariance, but also the search for theoretical mechanisms for automatically preserving Lorentz invariance.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Materia
Física
Physics
Lorentz factor
Hořava–lifshitz gravity
Moving magnet and conductor problem
Velocity-addition formula
Theoretical physics
Quantum mechanics
Cpt symmetry
Vacuum expectation value
Lorentz covariance
Test theories of special relativity
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spelling Lorentz invariance and quantum gravity: an additional fine-tuning problem?Collins, JohnPérez, AlejandroSudarsky, DanielUrrutia, Luis F.Vucetich, HéctorFísicaPhysicsLorentz factorHořava–lifshitz gravityMoving magnet and conductor problemVelocity-addition formulaTheoretical physicsQuantum mechanicsCpt symmetryVacuum expectation valueLorentz covarianceTest theories of special relativityTrying to combine standard quantum field theories with gravity leads to a breakdown of the usual structure of space time at around the Planck length, 1.6 × 10⁻³⁵ m , with possible violations of Lorentz invariance. Calculations of preferred-frame effects in quantum gravity have further motivated high precision searches for Lorentz violation. Here, we explain that combining known elementary particle interactions with a Planck-scale preferred frame gives rise to Lorentz violation at the percent level, some 20 orders of magnitude higher than earlier estimates, unless the bare parameters of the theory are unnaturally strongly fine tuned. Therefore an important task is not just the improvement of the precision of searches for violations of Lorentz invariance, but also the search for theoretical mechanisms for automatically preserving Lorentz invariance.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas2004-11-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/126251enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0031-9007info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1079-7114info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/gr-qc/0403053info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/15600824info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1103/physrevlett.93.191301info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:30:17Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/126251Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:30:18.173SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Lorentz invariance and quantum gravity: an additional fine-tuning problem?
title Lorentz invariance and quantum gravity: an additional fine-tuning problem?
spellingShingle Lorentz invariance and quantum gravity: an additional fine-tuning problem?
Collins, John
Física
Physics
Lorentz factor
Hořava–lifshitz gravity
Moving magnet and conductor problem
Velocity-addition formula
Theoretical physics
Quantum mechanics
Cpt symmetry
Vacuum expectation value
Lorentz covariance
Test theories of special relativity
title_short Lorentz invariance and quantum gravity: an additional fine-tuning problem?
title_full Lorentz invariance and quantum gravity: an additional fine-tuning problem?
title_fullStr Lorentz invariance and quantum gravity: an additional fine-tuning problem?
title_full_unstemmed Lorentz invariance and quantum gravity: an additional fine-tuning problem?
title_sort Lorentz invariance and quantum gravity: an additional fine-tuning problem?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Collins, John
Pérez, Alejandro
Sudarsky, Daniel
Urrutia, Luis F.
Vucetich, Héctor
author Collins, John
author_facet Collins, John
Pérez, Alejandro
Sudarsky, Daniel
Urrutia, Luis F.
Vucetich, Héctor
author_role author
author2 Pérez, Alejandro
Sudarsky, Daniel
Urrutia, Luis F.
Vucetich, Héctor
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Física
Physics
Lorentz factor
Hořava–lifshitz gravity
Moving magnet and conductor problem
Velocity-addition formula
Theoretical physics
Quantum mechanics
Cpt symmetry
Vacuum expectation value
Lorentz covariance
Test theories of special relativity
topic Física
Physics
Lorentz factor
Hořava–lifshitz gravity
Moving magnet and conductor problem
Velocity-addition formula
Theoretical physics
Quantum mechanics
Cpt symmetry
Vacuum expectation value
Lorentz covariance
Test theories of special relativity
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Trying to combine standard quantum field theories with gravity leads to a breakdown of the usual structure of space time at around the Planck length, 1.6 × 10⁻³⁵ m , with possible violations of Lorentz invariance. Calculations of preferred-frame effects in quantum gravity have further motivated high precision searches for Lorentz violation. Here, we explain that combining known elementary particle interactions with a Planck-scale preferred frame gives rise to Lorentz violation at the percent level, some 20 orders of magnitude higher than earlier estimates, unless the bare parameters of the theory are unnaturally strongly fine tuned. Therefore an important task is not just the improvement of the precision of searches for violations of Lorentz invariance, but also the search for theoretical mechanisms for automatically preserving Lorentz invariance.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
description Trying to combine standard quantum field theories with gravity leads to a breakdown of the usual structure of space time at around the Planck length, 1.6 × 10⁻³⁵ m , with possible violations of Lorentz invariance. Calculations of preferred-frame effects in quantum gravity have further motivated high precision searches for Lorentz violation. Here, we explain that combining known elementary particle interactions with a Planck-scale preferred frame gives rise to Lorentz violation at the percent level, some 20 orders of magnitude higher than earlier estimates, unless the bare parameters of the theory are unnaturally strongly fine tuned. Therefore an important task is not just the improvement of the precision of searches for violations of Lorentz invariance, but also the search for theoretical mechanisms for automatically preserving Lorentz invariance.
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