A theory of time based on wavefunction collapse

2024/08/21 by Sung-Sik Lee, Lee, Sung-Sik · 1 citation
Computer Science · #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2408.11905

Abstract

We propose that moments of time arise through the failed emergence of the temporal diffeomorphism as gauge symmetry, and that the passage of time is a continual process of an instantaneous state collapsing toward a gauge-invariant state. Unitarity and directedness of the resulting time evolution are demonstrated for a minisuperspace model of cosmology.

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