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In this review we present the problem of time in quantum physics, including a short history of the problem and the known objections about considering time a quantum observable. The need to deal with time as an observable is elaborated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-13 M. Basil Altaie , Daniel Hodgson , Almut Beige

We perform a protocol for multipartite quantum clock synchronization under the influence of Unruh thermal noise. The clocks consisting of Unruh-DeWitt detectors when one of detectors accelerated is obtained. To estimate the time difference…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-14 Li Zhang , Jiliang Jing , Heng Fan , Jieci Wang

The precise synchronization of distant clocks is a fundamental requirement for a wide range of applications. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a novel approach of quantum clock synchronization utilizing entangled and correlated photon…

Experimental tests of the suggestion that the generalization of Wheeler and Feynman's time symmetric system is the dynamical basis underlying quantum mechanics are considered. In a time-symmetric system, the instantaneous correlations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Shu-Yuan Chu

We derive the time dilation formula for charged quantum clocks in electromagnetic fields. As a concrete example of non-inertial motion, we consider a cyclotron motion in a uniform magnetic field. Applying the time dilation formula to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-02 Takeshi Chiba , Shunichiro Kinoshita

Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that a clock at a higher gravitational potential will tick faster than an otherwise identical clock at a lower potential, an effect known as the gravitational redshift. Here we perform a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-07-28 Xin Zheng , Jonathan Dolde , Matthew C. Cambria , Hong Ming Lim , Shimon Kolkowitz

The clock synchronization problem is to determine the time difference T between two spatially separated parties. We improve on I. Chuang's quantum clock synchronization algorithm and show that it is possible to obtain T to n bits of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Chris Harrelson , Iordanis Kerenidis

Clock synchronization is critically important in positioning, navigation and timing systems. While its performance has been intensively studied in a wide range of disciplines, much less is known for the fundamental thermodynamics of clock…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-06 Cheng Yang , Jiteng Sheng , Haibin Wu

We propose an experimental setup to probe the interplay between the quantum superposition principle and gravitational time dilation arising from the mass-energy equivalence. It capitalizes on state-of-the-art atom interferometers that can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-13 Jerzy Paczos , Joshua Foo , Magdalena Zych

While Einstein clocks synchronization process is performed, one has a well defined region in which the clocks are synchronized and another one in which the clocks are not yet synchronized. The frontier between them evolves differently from…

General Physics · Physics 2008-02-15 Nilton Penha , Bernhard Rothenstein

Quantum entanglement offers powerful opportunities for enhancing measurement sensitivity beyond classical limits, with optical atomic clocks serving as a leading platform for such advances. This chapter introduces the principles of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-04 Raphael Kaubruegger , Adam M. Kaufman

What happens when two synchronized clocks on a rigid beam are both given the exact same acceleration profile? Will they remain synchronized? What if we use a rigid-rod Rindler acceleration profile? The special relativity prediction…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-14 K. Arms , Mario Serna

We revisit a recent proposal for a definition of time in quantum cosmology, to investigate the effects of having more than one possible type of clock "at the same time". We use as test tube an extension of Einstein gravity with a massless…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-05 Bruno Alexandre , João Magueijo

The conflict between quantum theory and the theory of relativity is exemplified in their treatment of time. We examine the ways in which their conceptions differ, and describe a semiclassical clock model combining elements of both theories.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Maximilian P. E. Lock , Ivette Fuentes

We propose a generic mechanism for the emergence of a gravitational potential that acts on all classical objects in a quantum system. Our conjecture is based on the analysis of mutual information in many-body quantum systems. Since…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Dries Sels , Michiel Wouters

This paper puts forward a broad critical analysis of the concept of physical time. Clock effect is conceived as a consequence of the variation of the gravitational or pseudo gravitational potential, and it is remarked that only some real…

General Physics · Physics 2018-09-05 Claudio Borghi

A quantum clock cannot be modeled as a point mass moving along a single geodesic if it is in a state with nonzero position fluctuations. Instead, it is an extended object subject to tidal forces and a superposition of time dilations at…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 Joseph Balsells , Martin Bojowald

Einstein's theory of general relativity states that clocks at different gravitational potentials tick at different rates - an effect known as the gravitational redshift. As fundamental probes of space and time, atomic clocks have long…

We argue that (1) our perception of time through change and (2) the gap between reality and our observation of it are at the heart of both quantum mechanics and the dynamical mechanism of physical systems. We suggest that the origin of…

General Physics · Physics 2014-07-15 Michael York

Two remote agents with synchronized clocks may use them to act in concert and communicate. This necessitates some means of creating and maintaining synchrony. One method, not requiring any direct interaction between the agents, is to expose…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-20 Benjamin Sorkin , Thomas A. Witten