EAN: 9783319531915

QUANTUM SYSTEMS UNDER GRAVITATIONAL TIME DILATI...

This thesis introduces a new theoretical tool to explore the notion of time and temporal order
in quantum mechanics: the relativistic quantum clock framework. It proposes novel thought
experiments showing that proper time can display quantum features  e.g. when a clock runs
different proper times in superposition. The resulting new physical effects can be tested in
near-future laboratory experiments (with atoms  molecules and photons as clocks). The notion of
time holds the key to the regime where quantum theory and general relativity overlap  which has
not been directly tested yet and remains largely unexplored by the theory. The framework also
applies to scenarios in which causal relations between events become non-classical and which
were previously considered impossible to address without refuting quantum theory. The
relativistic quantum clock framework offers new insights into the foundations of quantum theory
and general relativity.

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