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69def lhcEnergyGeV : ℚ := 14000 -- 14 TeV = 14000 GeV
70
71/-- RS cutoff energy scale (in GeV, approximate). -/
72def rsCutoffGeV : ℚ := 3.2e11 -- ~320 billion GeV
73
74/-- **THEOREM**: The RS UV cutoff is ~10⁷ times higher than LHC energies. -/
75theorem cutoff_above_lhc :
76 rsCutoffGeV / lhcEnergyGeV > 10000000 := by
77 unfold rsCutoffGeV lhcEnergyGeV
78 norm_num
79
80/-! ## Discreteness and the Lattice -/
81
82/-- Spacetime is fundamentally discrete in RS.
83
84 The "voxel lattice" has spacing l₀ = c × τ₀.
85
86 On a lattice, momenta are bounded:
87 - Maximum momentum: p_max = π ℏ / l₀
88 - Brillouin zone: |p| < p_max -/
89structure VoxelLattice where
90 spacing : ℝ
91 dimension : ℕ := 4 -- 3 space + 1 time
92
93noncomputable def fundamentalLattice : VoxelLattice := { spacing := l0 }
94
95/-- On a lattice with spacing a, momenta are periodic with period 2π/a.
96
97 The physical momentum range is the first Brillouin zone: |k| < π/a -/
98noncomputable def brillouinCutoff (lattice : VoxelLattice) : ℝ :=
99 Real.pi * hbar / lattice.spacing
100
101/-- **THEOREM**: The Brillouin zone cutoff equals π × p_max. -/
102theorem brillouin_equals_pmax :