Indefinite probabilities in quantum spacetime: A deepening of unpredictability
Abstract
Non-commutative spacetime and quantum groups have been argued to capture non-classical features of spacetime and its symmetries in the low-energy limit of quantum gravity. In this letter, we show that employing the quantum group to describe rotational symmetry for spin- systems and Stern-Gerlach apparatuses leads to the description of probabilities of outcomes of spin measurements in terms of non-commuting operators. As a result, we obtain an uncertainty principle between different probability operators, realizing a notion of indefinite probabilities. This is then reflected in the non-commutativity of the entries of the rotation matrix relating the reference frames of two observers, hence fundamentally preventing them from sharply measuring their relative orientation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.23862,
title = {Indefinite probabilities in quantum spacetime: A deepening of unpredictability},
author = {Vittorio D'Esposito and Giuseppe Fabiano and Domenico Frattulillo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.23862},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
7 pages + references and appendices; minor changes in the main text, an image and an appendix are added in v2