The Conventionality of Synchronization and the Causal Structure of Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
Measuring velocities requires the synchronization of spatially-separated clocks. Because this synchronization must precede the determination of velocities, no system of clock synchronization--such as that based on Einstein's presumption of light-speed isotropy--can ever be founded on an experimentally-validated velocity. I argue that this very old observation, which lingers in the philosophical literature under the heading ``Conventionality of Synchronization,'' suggests an explanation of why ``spooky'' quantum correlations can transfer no information at any speed, superluminal or otherwise. This work constitutes the first application of the Conventionality doctrine outside of Relativity itself.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0606230,
title = {The Conventionality of Synchronization and the Causal Structure of Quantum Mechanics},
author = {James Carrubba},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0606230},
year = {2007}
}
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5 pages, 1 figure