Quantum mechanics and the covariance of physical laws in quantum reference frames

F Giacomini, E Castro-Ruiz, Č Brukner - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
In physics, every observation is made with respect to a frame of reference. Although
reference frames are usually not considered as degrees of freedom, in all practical situations …

Trinity of relational quantum dynamics

PA Höhn, ARH Smith, MPE Lock - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
The problem of time in quantum gravity calls for a relational solution. Using quantum
reduction maps, we establish a previously unknown equivalence between three approaches …

[HTML][HTML] A change of perspective: switching quantum reference frames via a perspective-neutral framework

A Vanrietvelde, PA Höhn, F Giacomini… - Quantum, 2020 - quantum-journal.org
Treating reference frames fundamentally as quantum systems is inevitable in quantum
gravity and also in quantum foundations once considering laboratories as physical systems …

Gravity entanglement, quantum reference systems, degrees of freedom

M Christodoulou, A Di Biagio, R Howl… - Classical and Quantum …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Gravity mediated entanglement (GME) has been proposed as the first experimentally
testable signature of quantum gravity. However, to what extent the effect is due to quantum …

Quantum clocks observe classical and quantum time dilation

ARH Smith, M Ahmadi - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
At the intersection of quantum theory and relativity lies the possibility of a clock experiencing
a superposition of proper times. We consider quantum clocks constructed from the internal …

Inference of gravitational field superposition from quantum measurements

C Overstreet, J Curti, M Kim, P Asenbaum… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Experiments are beginning to probe the interaction of quantum particles with gravitational
fields beyond the uniform-field regime. In nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, the …

Quantum relativity of subsystems

S Ali Ahmad, TD Galley, PA Höhn, MPE Lock… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
One of the most basic notions in physics is the partitioning of a system into subsystems and
the study of correlations among its parts. In this Letter, we explore this notion in the context of …

Quantum superposition of spacetimes obeys Einstein's equivalence principle

F Giacomini, Č Brukner - AVS Quantum Science, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We challenge the view that there is a basic conflict between the fundamental principles of
Quantum Theory and General Relativity and, in particular, the fact that a superposition of …

Spacetime Quantum Reference Frames and superpositions of proper times

F Giacomini - Quantum, 2021 - quantum-journal.org
In general relativity, the description of spacetime relies on idealised rods and clocks, which
identify a reference frame. In any concrete scenario, reference frames are associated to …

Decay in covariant quark model

NR Soni, JN Pandya - Physical Review D, 2017 - APS
We study the leptonic and semileptonic D-meson decays (D→ ℓ+ ν ℓ and D→ K (*) ℓ+ ν ℓ) in
the framework of covariant quark model with built-in infrared confinement. We compute the …