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The space time that is used in relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory is the Minkowski space time. Yet, as pointed out by several scholars this classical space time is incompatible with the Heisenberg Uncertainity…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. G. Sidharth

We analyse the out of equilibrium behavior of an Ising spin chain with an asymmetric kinetic constraint after a quench to a low temperature T. In the limit T\to 0, we provide an exact solution of the resulting coarsening process. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Sollich , Martin R Evans

Time reversal symmetry is a fundamental property of many quantum mechanical systems. The relation between statistical physics and time reversal is subtle and not all statistical theories conserve this particular symmetry, most notably…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-02 Miriam Scharnke , Niclas Schlünzen , Michael Bonitz

"\textit{The noise is the signal}"[R. Landauer, Nature \textbf{392}, 658 (1998)] emphasizes the rich information content encoded in fluctuations. This paper assesses the dynamical role of fluctuations of a quantum system driven far from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-10 Yi-Jen Chen , Stefan Pabst , Zheng Li , Oriol Vendrell , Robin Santra

Usual quantum mechanics predicts probabilities for the outcomes of measurements carried out at definite moments of time. However, realistic measurements do not take place in an instant, but are extended over a period of time. The assumption…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Richard J. Micanek , James B. Hartle

We discuss the emergence of time in quantum gravity, and ask whether time is always "something that flows"'. We first recall that this is indeed the case in both relativity and quantum mechanics, although in very different manners: time…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-04-10 Pierre Martinetti

We show non-linear stability and instability results in spherical symmetry for the interior of a charged black hole -approaching a sub-extremal Reissner-Nordstr\"om background fast enough at infinity- in presence of a massive and charged…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-14 Maxime Van de Moortel

The last seven years has produced a growing body of evidence which concludes that the Cauchy horizon in black hole-de Sitter spacetimes is classically stable when the surface gravity at the cosmological event horizon is greater than that at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Chris M. Chambers

We discuss the time development of Gaussian wave packet solutions of the quantum bouncer' (a quantum mechanical particle subject to a uniform downward force, above an impermeable flat surface). We focus on the evaluation and visualization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. A. Doncheski , R. W. Robinett

The generalized noncommutative Heisenberg algebra, which is based on the generalized uncertainty principle, imposes a minimal length uncertainty on quantum mechanics (QM), on one hand. On the other hand, the quantum-induced spacetime which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-26 A. Tawfik , Saleh O. Allehabi , A. A. Alshehri , M. Nasar , M. Maher

A new interpretation of quantum mechanics, similar to the Copenhagen interpretation, is developed from time-symmetry arguments and commonly held principles concerning time and causality. These principles, which are grounded in ideas outside…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 William R. Wharton

This paper investigates the existence and stability of Einstein universe in the context of $f(R,T,Q)$ gravity, where $Q=R_{\mu\nu}T^{\mu\nu}$. Considering linear homogeneous perturbations around scale factor and energy density, we formulate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-19 M. Sharif , Arfa Waseem

The observed cosmic acceleration was attributed to an exotic dark energy in the framework of classical general relativity. The dark energy behaves very similar with vacuum energy in quantum mechanics. However, once the quantum effects are…

General Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 M. J. Luo

Stress is calculated routinely in atomistic simulations. The widely used microscopic stress formulas derived from classical or quantum mechanics, however, are distinct from the concept of Cauchy stress, i.e., the true mechanical tress. This…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-01-04 Youping Chen

Via the AdS/CFT correspondence, fundamental constraints on the entanglement structure of quantum systems translate to constraints on spacetime geometries that must be satisfied in any consistent theory of quantum gravity. In this paper, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-23 Nima Lashkari , Charles Rabideau , Philippe Sabella-Garnier , Mark Van Raamsdonk

We introduce a general framework for defining context-dependent time distributions in quantum systems using projective measurements. The time-of-flow (TF) distribution, derived from population transfer rates into a measurement subspace,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-17 Mathieu Beau

A broken time-reversal symmetry, i.e. broken detailed balance, is central to non-equilibrium physics and is a prerequisite for life. However, it turns out to be quite challenging to unambiguously define and quantify time-reversal symmetry…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-03-20 Cai Dieball , Aljaž Godec

The origin of the uncertainty inherent in quantum measurements has been discussed since quantum theory's inception, but to date the source of the indeterminacy of measurements performed at an angle with respect to a quantum state's…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Christoph Adami

We analyze the "F-locality condition" (proposed by Kay to be a mathematical implementation of a philosophical bias related to the equivalence principle, we call it the "GH-equivalence principle"), which is often used to build a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-25 S. Krasnikov

I argue that the linearity of quantum mechanics is an emergent feature at the Planck scale, along with the manifold structure of space-time. In this regime the usual causality violation objections to nonlinearity do not apply, and nonlinear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 George Svetlichny