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: Received: 15 May 2021 / Approved: 18 May 2021 / Online: 18 May 2021 (11:08:39 CEST)
How to cite:
Sivaram, C.; Kenath, A.; Prasad, A. Testing Quantum Effects of Gravity and Dark Energy at Laboratory Scales. Preprints2021, 2021050420. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202105.0420.v1
Sivaram, C.; Kenath, A.; Prasad, A. Testing Quantum Effects of Gravity and Dark Energy at Laboratory Scales. Preprints 2021, 2021050420. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202105.0420.v1
Sivaram, C.; Kenath, A.; Prasad, A. Testing Quantum Effects of Gravity and Dark Energy at Laboratory Scales. Preprints2021, 2021050420. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202105.0420.v1
APA Style
Sivaram, C., Kenath, A., & Prasad, A. (2021). Testing Quantum Effects of Gravity and Dark Energy at Laboratory Scales. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202105.0420.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Sivaram, C., Arun Kenath and Avijeet Prasad. 2021 "Testing Quantum Effects of Gravity and Dark Energy at Laboratory Scales" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202105.0420.v1
Abstract
One of the biggest challenges in modern physics is how to unify gravity with quantum theory. There is an absence of a complete quantum theory of gravity, and conventionally it is thought that the effects of quantum gravity occur only at high energies (Planck scale). Here we suggest that certain novel quantum effects of gravity can become significant even at lower energies and could be tested at laboratory scales. We also suggest a few indirect effects of dark energy that can show up at laboratory scales. Using these ideas, we set observational constraints on radio recombination lines of the Rydberg atoms. We further suggest that high-precision measurements of Casimir effects for smaller plate separation could also show some manifestations of the presence of dark energy.
Keywords
Quantum gravity; dark energy; Rydberg atoms; Casimir effect
Subject
Physical Sciences, Acoustics
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