Testing Spatial Noncommutativity via Rydberg Atoms

Details Testing Spatial Noncommutativity via Rydberg Atoms Testing Spatial Noncommutativity via Rydberg Atoms

2004-05-15

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0405143v1

Phys.Rev.Lett.93:043002,2004

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

10 pages. Physical Review Letters (in press)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.043002

The possibility of testing spatial noncommutativity via Rydberg atoms is explored. An atomic dipole of a cold Rydberg atom is arranged in appropriate electric and magnetic field, so that the motion of the dipole is constrained to be planar and rotationally symmetric. Spatial noncommutativity leads to that the canonical angular momentum possesses fractional values. In the limit of vanishing kinetic energy, the dominate value of the lowest canonical angular momentum takes $\hbar/2$. Furthermore, in the limit of eliminating magnetic field, the dominate value of the lowest canonical angular momentum changes from $\hbar/2$ to $\hbar/4$. This result is a clear signal of spatial noncommutativity. An experimental verification of this prediction is suggested.

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