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Causal horizon from quantum fluctuations

Statistical Mechanics 2025-03-03 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We propose a simple model of quantum void where the flow of time is deduced directly from quantum fluctuations and the consequent particle-antiparticle creations. Given a certain number of space-like separated pair creation events, assumed to happen all at the same initial time, we show that past and future can be foliated into a sequence of adapted manifolds based on how many events causally influence them. We also give an explicit construction for the simplest case of one space dimension.

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@article{arxiv.2502.20714,
  title  = {Causal horizon from quantum fluctuations},
  author = {Simone Franchini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.20714},
  year   = {2025}
}

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9 pages, 6 figures

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