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LIMITS ON THE MEASURABILITY OF SPACE-TIME DISTANCES IN (THE SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATION OF) QUANTUM GRAVITY

    https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732394003245Cited by:115 (Source: Crossref)
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    Abstract

    By taking into account both quantum mechanical and general relativistic effects, an equation that describes some limitations on the measurability of space-time distances can be derived. We then discuss possible features of quantum gravity which are suggested by this equation.

    This work is supported in part by funds provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (D.O.E.) under cooperative agreement #DE-FC02–94ER40818, and by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN, Frascati, Italy).