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  • Quantum Gravity and Fundamental Physics
  • Experimental Metrology and Quantum Mechanics

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  • Theories merging quantum mechanics and gravity often predict a minimal observable length.
  • This concept implies a nonzero minimal uncertainty in position measurements, linked to deformed commutation relations.
  • Experimental evidence and direct bounds for these deformations are currently lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the potential of low-energy mechanical oscillators in detecting modified commutation relations.
  • To establish direct experimental bounds on parameters quantifying commutator deformation.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the free evolution of high-quality factor micro- and nano-mechanical oscillators.
  • Selection of oscillators with masses spanning the Planck mass scale (mP ≈ 22 μg).
  • Direct comparison of experimental data with a theoretical model of deformed dynamics.

Main Results:

  • The study provides a direct experimental check for deformed dynamics.
  • Significantly tighter constraints on the parameters of commutator deformation were established.
  • Previous indirect limits on deformation parameters were substantially lowered.

Conclusions:

  • Micro- and nano-oscillators are viable systems for probing quantum gravity effects.
  • This work establishes new, more stringent experimental bounds for minimal length theories.
  • The findings pave the way for future experiments dedicated to quantum gravity phenomenology.