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Is the highest frequency possible the inverse of Planck time?
Is the highest frequency possible the inverse of Planck time?
Separate or connected question, what's the highest frequency achievable practically today?
 
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brajesh said:
Is the highest frequency possible the inverse of Planck time?
No, as far as we know based on the best current theories (but we haven't done a lot of experiments at the Planck scale so it's possible that these theories break down at that scale and we haven't seen it).

You may want to take a look at this Insights article: https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/hand-wavy-discussion-planck-length/
 
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'Planck scale units' don't limit anything.
 
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