The Planck Scale from Consistency and Distinguishability
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| author | Haskins, Diana |
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| contents | <p>Why does a fundamental length scale exist at all?</p> <p>In this work, we show that no physical description is possible unless macrostates are distinguishable, and that distinguishability itself requires a finite separation. From this requirement alone, a minimal length scale necessarily emerges.</p> <p>We identify this scale as the minimum separation below which distinct configurations correspond to the same macrostate. This provides a constraint-based origin of the Planck scale, not as a fundamental input, but as a necessary consequence of consistency.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | The Planck Scale from Consistency and Distinguishability Haskins, Diana fundamental length scale Planck scale distinguishability coarse-graining emergent structure foundations of physics quantum gravity <p>Why does a fundamental length scale exist at all?</p> <p>In this work, we show that no physical description is possible unless macrostates are distinguishable, and that distinguishability itself requires a finite separation. From this requirement alone, a minimal length scale necessarily emerges.</p> <p>We identify this scale as the minimum separation below which distinct configurations correspond to the same macrostate. This provides a constraint-based origin of the Planck scale, not as a fundamental input, but as a necessary consequence of consistency.</p> |
| title | The Planck Scale from Consistency and Distinguishability |
| topic | fundamental length scale Planck scale distinguishability coarse-graining emergent structure foundations of physics quantum gravity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19540092 |