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Phys. Rev. D 70, 105003 (2004) [11 pages]

Running coupling with minimal length

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S. Hossenfelder
Department of Physics, University of Arizona, 1118 East 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA

Received 21 June 2004; published 2 November 2004

In models with large additional dimensions, the GUT scale can be lowered to values accessible by future colliders. Because of modification of the loop corrections from particles propagating into the extra dimensions, the logarithmic running of the couplings of the Standard Model is turned into a power law. These loop corrections are divergent and the standard way to achieve finiteness is the introduction of a cutoff. The question remains, whether the results are reliable as they depend on an unphysical parameter. In this paper, we show that this running of the coupling can be calculated within a model including the existence of a minimal length scale. The minimal length acts as a natural regulator and allows us to confirm cutoff computations.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.70.105003
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.70.105003
PACS:
11.10.Kk

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