Time Dilation in Quantum Systems and Decoherence: Questions and Answers
Quantum Physics
2015-08-14 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Recent work has shown that relativistic time dilation results in correlations between a particle's internal and external degrees of freedom, leading to decoherence of the latter. In this note, we briefly summarize the results and address the comments and concerns that have been raised towards these findings. In addition to brief replies to the comments, we provide a pedagogical discussion of some of the underlying principles of the work. This note serves to clarify some of the counterintuitive aspects arising when the two theories are jointly considered.
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@article{arxiv.1508.03296,
title = {Time Dilation in Quantum Systems and Decoherence: Questions and Answers},
author = {Igor Pikovski and Magdalena Zych and Fabio Costa and Caslav Brukner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.03296},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages, 1 figure