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    Lorentzian Wormholes in the Friedman-Robertson-Walker Universe

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    The metric of some Lorentzian wormholes in the background of the FRW universe is obtained. It is shown that for a de Sitter space-time the new solution is supported by Phantom Energy. The wave equation for a scalar field in such backgrounds is separable. The form of the potential for the Schr\"{o}dinger type one dimensional wave equation is found.Comment: 7 page

    Minimal Uncertainty in Momentum: The Effects of IR Gravity on Quantum Mechanics

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    The effects of the IR aspects of gravity on quantum mechanics is investigated. At large distances where due to gravity the space-time is curved, there appears nonzero minimal uncertainty Δp0\Delta p_{0} in the momentum of a quantum mechanical particle. We apply the minimal uncertainty momentum to some quantum mechanical interferometry examples and show that the phase shift depends on the area surrounded by the path of the test particle . We also put some limits on the related parameters. This prediction may be tested through future experiments. The assumption of minimal uncertainty in momentum can also explain the anomalous excess of the mass of the Cooper pair in a rotating thin superconductor ring.Comment: 8 pages, revised version accepted by PR

    Effective Field Theory of a Locally Noncommutative Space-Time and Extra Dimensions

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    We assume that the noncommutativity starts to be visible continuously from a scale ΛNC\Lambda_{NC}. According to this assumption, a two-loop effective action is derived for noncommutative ϕ4\phi^{4} and ϕ3\phi^{3} theories from a Wilsonian point of view. We show that these effective theories are free of UV/IR mixing phenomena. We also investigate the positivity constraint on coefficients of higher dimension operators present in the effective theory. This constraint makes the low energy theory to be UV completion of a full theory. Finally, we discuss noncommutativity and extra dimensions. In our effective theories formulated on noncommutative extra dimensions, if the campactification scale Λc\Lambda_{c} is less than the scale ΛNC\Lambda_{NC}, the theory will not suffer from UV/IR mixing.Comment: 25 page
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