It has been suggested that the fuzzy nature of spacetime at the Planck scale may cause light waves to lose phase coherence, and if severe enough this could blur images of distant pointlike sources sufficiently that they do not form an Airy pattern at the focal plane of a telescope. Blurring this dramatic has already been observationally ruled out by images from Hubble Space Telescope (HST), but I show that the underlying phenomenon could still be stronger than previously considered. It is harder to detect, which may explain why it has gone unseen. Asystematic search is made in archival HST images of among the quasars with the highest known redshifts. Planck-scale-induced blurring may be evident, but this could be confused with partially resolved sources.
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Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Astrophys Grp, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, EnglandUniv London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Astrophys Grp, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England
Mortlock, Daniel J.
Patel, Mitesh
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Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Astrophys Grp, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, EnglandUniv London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Astrophys Grp, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England
Patel, Mitesh
Warren, Stephen J.
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Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Astrophys Grp, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, EnglandUniv London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Astrophys Grp, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England
Warren, Stephen J.
Hewett, Paul C.
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Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge CB3 0HA, EnglandUniv London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Astrophys Grp, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England
Hewett, Paul C.
Venemans, Bram P.
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European So Observ, D-85748 Garching, GermanyUniv London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Astrophys Grp, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England
Venemans, Bram P.
McMahon, Richard G.
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Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge CB3 0HA, EnglandUniv London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Astrophys Grp, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England
McMahon, Richard G.
Simpson, Chris
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Liverpool John Moores Univ, Astrophys Res Inst, Birkenhead CH41 1LD, Merseyside, EnglandUniv London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Astrophys Grp, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England
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Univ Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, ItalyUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Sacchi, A.
Risaliti, G.
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Univ Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, I-50125 Florence, ItalyUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Risaliti, G.
Signorini, M.
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Univ Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, I-50125 Florence, ItalyUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Signorini, M.
Lusso, E.
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Univ Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, I-50125 Florence, ItalyUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Lusso, E.
Nardini, E.
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INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, I-50125 Florence, ItalyUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Nardini, E.
Bargiacchi, G.
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Scuola Super Merid, Largo S Marcellino 10, I-80138 Naples, Italy
Inst Natl Fis Nucl INFN, Sez Napoli, Complesso Univ Monte S Angelo,Via Cinthia 9, I-80126 Naples, ItalyUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Bargiacchi, G.
Bisogni, S.
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INAF Inst Astrofis Spaziale & Fis Cosm Milano, Via Corti 12, I-20133 Milan, ItalyUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Bisogni, S.
Civano, F.
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Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USAUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Civano, F.
Elvis, M.
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Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USAUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Elvis, M.
Fabbiano, G.
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Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USAUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Fabbiano, G.
Gilli, R.
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INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, ItalyUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Gilli, R.
Trefoloni, B.
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Univ Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
INAF Osservatorio Astrofis Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, I-50125 Florence, ItalyUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
Trefoloni, B.
Vignali, C.
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INAF Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bologna, Via Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis & Astron Augusto Righi, Via Gobetti 93-2, F-40129 Bologna, ItalyUniv Firenze, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via G Sansone 1, I-50019 Florence, Italy
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Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
McGreer, Ian D.
Fan, Xiaohui
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Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Fan, Xiaohui
Strauss, Michael A.
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Princeton Univ Observ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Strauss, Michael A.
Haiman, Zoltan
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Columbia Univ, Dept Astron, New York, NY 10027 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Haiman, Zoltan
Richards, Gordon T.
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Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Richards, Gordon T.
Jiang, Linhua
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Arizona State Univ, Sch Earth & Space Explorat, Tempe, AZ 85287 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Jiang, Linhua
Bian, Fuyan
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Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Astron & Astrophys, Canberra, ACT 2611, AustraliaUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Bian, Fuyan
Schneider, Donald P.
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Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
Penn State Univ, Inst Gravitat & Cosmos, University Pk, PA 16802 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
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Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M.
Fan, Xiaohui
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Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Max Planck Inst Astron, D-69117 Heidelberg, GermanyUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Fan, Xiaohui
Brandt, W. N.
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Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Brandt, W. N.
Shemmer, Ohad
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Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Shemmer, Ohad
Strauss, Michael A.
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Princeton Univ Observ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Strauss, Michael A.
Anderson, Scott F.
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Univ Washington, Dept Astron, Seattle, WA 98195 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Anderson, Scott F.
Carilli, Christopher L.
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Natl Radio Astron Observ, Socorro, NM 87801 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Carilli, Christopher L.
Gibson, Robert R.
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Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Gibson, Robert R.
Jiang, Linhua
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Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Jiang, Linhua
Kim, J. Serena
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Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Kim, J. Serena
Richards, Gordon T.
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Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Richards, Gordon T.
Schmidt, Gary D.
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Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Schmidt, Gary D.
Schneider, Donald P.
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Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Schneider, Donald P.
Shen, Yue
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Princeton Univ Observ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Shen, Yue
Smith, Paul S.
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Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Smith, Paul S.
Vestergaard, Marianne
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Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Tufts Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Medford, MA 02155 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Vestergaard, Marianne
Young, Jason E.
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Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USAUniv Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA