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We investigate an optomechanical system as a model of an autonomous mechanical pendulum clock in the quantum regime, whose operation relies only on incoherent (thermal) resources. The escapement of the clock, the mechanism that translates…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Matteo Brunelli , Mohammad Mehboudi , Nicolas Brunner , Patrick P. Potts

We consider a global quantum system (the "Universe") satisfying a double constraint, both on total energy and total momentum. Generalizing the Page and Wootters quantum clock formalism, we provide a model of 3+1 dimensional,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-10 Tommaso Favalli , Augusto Smerzi

We know that space and time are treated almost equally in classical physics, but we also know that this is not the case for quantum mechanics. A quantum description of both space and time is important to really understand the quantum nature…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-20 Ngo Phuc Duc Loc

In this paper, I present a mapping between representation of some quantum phenomena in one dimension and behavior of a classical time-dependent harmonic oscillator. For the first time, it is demonstrated that quantum tunneling can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-24 Alexander Davydov

We propose a solution to the problem of time for systems with a single global Hamiltonian constraint. Our solution stems from the observation that, for these theories, conventional gauge theory methods fail to capture the full classical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-30 Sean Gryb , Karim Thebault

A possible mechanism of time is formulated by developing an idea of time replaced by quantum correlations, with the aid of modern quantum information theory. We invent a microscopic model, where correlations of a closed system are steadily…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-14 Akimasa Miyake

The basic tenet of the present work is the assumption of the lack of external and fixed time in the Universe. This assumption is best embodied by general relativity, which replaces the fixed space-time structure with the gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-19 Przemysław Małkiewicz , Artur Miroszewski

The dynamics of time-dependent coupled oscillator model for the charged particle motion subjected to a time-dependent external magnetic field is investigated. We used canonical transformation approach for the classical treatment of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Salah Menouar , Mustapha Maamache , Jeong Ryeol Choi

A general definition of a clock is proposed, and the role of clocks in establishing temporal pre-conditions in quantum mechanical questions is critically discussed. The different status of clocks as used by theorists external to a system…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Arlen Anderson

We describe quantum behaviors of a simple harmonic oscillator, starting from the classical mechanics. By imposing two conditions on the phase points generated from a symplectic algorithm, we obtain discrete energy levels, satisfying $E_n…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-02 Sangrak Kim

We construct the classical dynamical system which has a quantum-like behavior. We have shown that the energy-time uncertainty relation takes place for the system and it has purely classical nature. We investigate the behavior of the system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Sergey A. Rashkovskiy

We study the dynamics of classical and quantum systems undergoing a continuous measurement of position by schematizing the measurement apparatus with an infinite set of harmonic oscillators at finite temperature linearly coupled to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Carlo Presilla , Roberto Onofrio , Marco Patriarca

Quantum timeless approaches solve the problem of time by recovering the usual unitary evolution of quantum theory relative to a clock in a stationary quantum Universe. For some Hamiltonians of the Universe, such as those including an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Simone Rijavec

Time has been an elusive concept to grasp. Although we do not yet understand it properly, there has been advances made in regards to how we can explain it. One such advance is the Page-Wootters mechanism. In this mechanism time is seen as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-02 Leandro R. S. Mendes , Diogo O. Soares-Pinto

We introduced with coauthors some years ago a solution to the problem of time in quantum gravity which consists in formulating the quantum theory in terms of real clocks. It combines Page and Wootters' relational proposal with Rovelli's…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-03 Rodolfo Gambini , Jorge Pullin

We discuss the classical and quantum mechanical evolution of systems described by a Hamiltonian that is a function of a solvable one, both classically and quantum mechanically. The case in which the solvable Hamiltonian corresponds to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. Fernando Barbero G. , Iñaki Garay , Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor

The nature of time as emergent for a system by separating it from its environment has been put forward by Page and Wootters [D. N. Page and W. K. Wootters, Phys. Rev. D 27, 2885 (1983)] in a quantum mechanical setting neglecting interaction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-12 Sebastian Gemsheim , Jan M. Rost

In quantum theory, physical systems are usually assumed to evolve relative to a c-number time. This c-number time is unphysical and has turned out to be unnecessary for explaining dynamics: in the timeless approach to quantum theory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-24 Samuel Kuypers

Time in relativity theory has a status different from that adopted by standard quantum mechanics, where time is considered as a parameter measured with reference to an external absolute Newtonian frame. This status strongly restricts its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-26 M. Basil Altaie

In this article, we formulate the study of the unitary time evolution of systems consisting of an infinite number of uncoupled time-dependent harmonic oscillators in mathematically rigorous terms. We base this analysis on the theory of a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-06 Daniel Gómez Vergel , Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor