Quantum time

Vittorio Giovannetti, Seth Lloyd, and Lorenzo Maccone
Phys. Rev. D 92, 045033 – Published 26 August 2015

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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  • Received 23 April 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.045033

© 2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Vittorio Giovannetti1, Seth Lloyd2, and Lorenzo Maccone3

  • 1NEST-INFM and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
  • 2RLE and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
  • 3Dipartimento Fisica “A. Volta” and INFN Sezione Pavia, Università di Pavia, via Bassi 6, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

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Vol. 92, Iss. 4 — 15 August 2015

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