Quantum corrections in general relativity explored through a GUP-inspired maximal acceleration analysis
subject: Black holes; Generalized uncertainty principle; Gravitational radius; Maximun acceleration
description: A maximun acceleration analysis by Pati dating back to 1992 is here improved by replacing the traditional Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (HUP) with the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP), which predicts the existence of a minimum length in Nature. This new approach allows one to find a numerical value for the maximum acceleration existing in Nature for a physical particle that turns out to be [Formula presented] that is, a function of two fundamental physical quantities such as the speed of light c and the Planck length lp. An application of this result to black hole (BH) physics allows one to estimate a new quantum limit to general relativity. It is indeed shown that, for every real Schwarzschild BH, the maximum gravitational acceleration occurs, without becoming infinite, when the Schwarzschild radial coordinate reaches the gravitational radius. This means that quantum corrections to general relativity become necessary not at the Planck scale, as the majority of researchers in the field think, but at the Schwarzschild scale, in agreement with recent interesting results in the literature. In other words, the quantum nature of physics, which in this case manifests itself through the GUP, appears to prohibit the existence of real singularities, in this current case forbiddiing the gravitational acceleration of a Schwarzschild BH from becoming infinite. 2025 The Authors
creator: Corda, Christian; Cafaro, Carlo; Bahreyni, Newshaw
source: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics;Volume;870;Issue;;Article No.;139887;
publisher: Elsevier B.V.
date: 01-01-2025
rights: All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access
relation: ISSN: 3702693; CODEN: PYLBA
format: online
language: English
type: Article
coverage: Corda C., SUNY Polytechnic Institute, 13502 Utica, New York, United States, Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Cafaro C., University at Albany-SUNY, 12222 Albany, New York, United States; Bahreyni N., Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711, United States