Application of the Uncertainty Principle to the Measurement of Gravitational Lens Path Differences and Possible Tests of Quantum Gravity

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May 2001

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American Astronomical Society, 198th AAS Meeting, #37.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p.836

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It is well known that a minimum exposure time required by the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle for detection of photons within a frequency range Δ ν is {Δ τ } ≈ {{1} / {Δ ν }}. If the twin images from a gravitational lens system are superimposed and observed at a frequency bandpass Δ ν < c / {Δ L}, where Δ L is the difference in path length between the two images, then the Uncertainty Principle will render the two paths indistinguishable to the observer and interference can occur. Hence, Δ L should be directly measurable by a step-wise broadening of the bandpass Δ ν until interference fringes disappear; (current radio astronomy technology limiting bandpasses to about 10-4 Hz). While the gravitational lensing will effect the brightness and phase somewhat, the lensing effect itself is independent of wavelength. But theories of quantum gravity predict a small wavelength dependence at short wavelengths. Any wavelength dependent difference in Δ L using this technique, therefore, may sometime provide constraints on the quantization of spacetime.

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