Physical time and thermal clocks
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2018-07-24 v2 History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
In this paper I discuss the concept of time in physics. I consider the thermal time hypothesis and I claim that thermal clocks and atomic clocks measure different physical times, whereby thermal time and relativistic time are not compatible with each other. This hypothesis opens the possibility of a new foundation of the theory of physical time, and new perspectives in theoretical and philosophical researches.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1807.04651,
title = {Physical time and thermal clocks},
author = {Claudio Borghi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.04651},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
7 pages, some typos correct, Latex text added