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Space-Time from quantum Physics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2023-10-04 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

A construction of the real 4D Minkowski space-time starting from quantum harmonic oscillators is proposed. First, a 2D spinor space and its dual are derived from the standard commutation relations obeyed by the ladder operators of two independent 1D harmonic oscillators. The complex 4D Minkowvski vector space V is then constructed from these spinor space. The flat, real 4D Minkowski manifold is finally built as an approximate description of a manifold of unitary operators constructed from V. Lorentz invariance is recovered and several possible extensions are discussed, which connections to quantum optics and condensed matter physics.

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@article{arxiv.2310.01447,
  title  = {Space-Time from quantum Physics},
  author = {Fabrice Debbasch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.01447},
  year   = {2023}
}