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Detectors, reference frames, and time /

This thesis uses the tools of quantum information science to uncover fascinating new insights about the intersection of quantum theory and relativity. It is divided into three self-contained parts, the first of which employs detector models to investigate how the information content of quantum field...

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Main Authors: Smith, Alexander R. H
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham, Switzerland :
Publication Dates: [2019]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Springer theses,
Subjects:
Space and time
Physics
Summary: This thesis uses the tools of quantum information science to uncover fascinating new insights about the intersection of quantum theory and relativity. It is divided into three self-contained parts, the first of which employs detector models to investigate how the information content of quantum fields depends on spacetime curvature and global spacetime topology. The behavior of Unruh-DeWitt detectors on curved spacetimes are investigated, following which these detectors are used to probe the vacuum state of a scalar field in various topologies. This leads to a generalization of the entangleme
Item Description: "Doctoral thesis accepted independently by the University of Waterloo, Canada and Macquarie University, Australia."
Carrier Form: xix, 167 pages : illustrations (some color), forms ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783030109998 (hardback) :
3030109992 (hardback)
9783030110000 (electronic book)
3030110001 (electronic book)
Index Number: QC173
CLC: O412.1
Call Number: O412.1/S642
Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Part1: Detectors in Curved Spacetimes -- Chapter2. Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes -- Chapter3. The Unruh-DeWitt Detector and Entanglement Harvesting -- Chapter4. Unruh-DeWitt Detectors in Quotients of Minkowski Space -- Chapter5. Unruh-DeWitt Detectors in (2+1)-dimensional Black Hole Spacetimes -- Part2: Quantum Reference Frames -- Chapter6. Quantum reference frames associated with noncompact groups -- Chapter7. Communication without a shared reference frame -- Part3: Quantizing Time -- Chapter8. The conditional probability interpretation of time.

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