Quantum complementarity of clocks in the context of general relativity

Zhifan Zhou; Yair Margalit; Daniel Rohrlich; Yonathan Japha; Ron Folman

doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aad56b

Quantum complementarity of clocks in the context of general relativity

Zhifan Zhou, Yair Margalit, Daniel Rohrlich, Yonathan Japha, Ron Folman

Department of Physics

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

Clocks play a special role at the interface of general relativity and quantum mechanics. We analyze a clock-interferometry thought experiment and go on to theoretically derive and experimentally test a complementarity relation for quantum clocks in the context of the gravitational time lag. The effect of time lag is simulated using a magnetic gradient. We study this relation in detail and discuss its application to various types of quantum clocks.

Original language	American English
Article number	185003
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	35
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aad56b
State	Published - 13 Aug 2018

Keywords

clock interferometry
complementarity and gravity
gravitational time dilation
quantum gravity and proper time
relativistic complementarity
self-interfering quantum clocks

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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