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Synchronization and Fundamental Time: a Connection between Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2023-09-18 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

An interesting connection between special relativity and quantum mechanics was put forward by Louis de Broglie, about 60 years ago, who focused on the link between synchronization in a rotating frame and the quantization of the angular momentum. Here we generalise his approach to curved spacetime, using the gravitoelectromagnetic analogy, which can be applied to describe the weak gravitational field around rotating sources, and give a new interpretation of the results.

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@article{arxiv.2309.00994,
  title  = {Synchronization and Fundamental Time: a Connection between Relativity and Quantum Mechanics},
  author = {Matteo Luca Ruggiero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.00994},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

11 pages; accepted for publication in Foundations of Physics

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