Does matter differ from vacuum?
| dc.creator | Schiller, Christoph | |
| dc.date | 1996-10-28 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:31:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:31:20Z | |
| dc.description | A structured collection of thought provoking conclusions about space and time is given. Using only the Compton wavelength lambda = hbar / m c and the Schwarzschild radius r_s = 2 G m / c^2, it is argued that neither the continuity of space-time nor the concepts of space-point, instant, or point particle have experimental backing at high energies. It is then deduced that Lorentz, gauge, and discrete symmetries are not precisely fulfilled in nature. In the same way, using a simple and new Gedankenexperiment, it is found that at Planck energies, vacuum is fundamentally indistinguishable from radiation and from matter. Some consequences for supersymmetry, duality, and unification are presented. | |
| dc.description | 23 pages, LaTeX, one postscript figure in separate file (a raw latex sketch of the figure is available by deleting a \comment{} command in the tex file.) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9610066 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9610066 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/35827 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | Does matter differ from vacuum? | |
| dc.type | text |