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Advances in High Energy Physics
Volume 2017, Article ID 4768341, 8 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4768341
Research Article

Effective Models of Quantum Gravity Induced by Planck Scale Modifications in the Covariant Quantum Algebra

G. P. de Brito,1 P. I. C. Caneda,1 Y. M. P. Gomes,1 J. T. Guaitolini Junior,1,2 and V. Nikoofard1,3

1Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca, 22290-180 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo (IFES), Av. Vitória 1729, Jucutuquara, 29040-780 Vitória, ES, Brazil
3Departamento de Matemática, Física e Computação, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia Presidente Dutra, Km 298, Polo Industrial, 27537-000 Resende, RJ, Brazil

Correspondence should be addressed to G. P. de Brito; moc.liamg@inizzapovatsug

Received 26 May 2017; Accepted 13 August 2017; Published 26 September 2017

Academic Editor: Angel Ballesteros

Copyright © 2017 G. P. de Brito et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The publication of this article was funded by SCOAP3.

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