Discretization of space and time: determining the values of minimum length and minimum time

Luca Roatta (1)

1 UniGe - Università degli studi di Genova = University of Genoa

Assuming that space and time can only have discrete values, we obtain the expression of the minimum length and the minimum time interval. These values are found to be exactly coincident with the Planck's length and the Planck's time but for the presence of h instead of ħ .

Mots clés: Planck's length; Planck's time; Planck's mass; Planck's units; quantum mechanics; general relativity; Compton length; black hole

Domaines: Physique Générale [physics.gen-ph]

Luca Roatta. Discretization of space and time: determining the values of minimum length and minimum time. 2017. ⟨hal-01498171⟩