Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/ZvR16k Quantum Systems under Gravitational Time Dilation By: Magdalena Zych Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783319531915, 3319531913 eText ISBN: 9783319531922, 3319531921 Copyright year: 2017 Format: PDF Available from $ 109.00 USD SKU 9783319531922 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.
