Quantum time

2015/04/30 by Vittorio Giovannetti, Seth Lloyd, Lorenzo Maccone · 1 citation
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Algorithm #Computer science #Mathematics #Mechanism (biology) #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum mechanics #Statistical physics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.92.045033

published as Phys. Rev. D 92, 045033 (2015) · Final version accepted for publication on Phys. Rev. D

arxiv created 2015/08/26 · openalex publication_date 2015/08/26 · arxiv updated 2015/09/02 · openalex created_date 2020/07/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We give a consistent quantum description of time, based on Page and Wootters's conditional probabilities mechanism, which overcomes the criticisms that were raised against similar previous proposals. In particular we show how the model allows one to reproduce the correct statistics of sequential measurements performed on a system at different times.

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