Time and quantum clocks: A review of recent developments

MB Altaie, D Hodgson, A Beige - Frontiers in Physics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In this review we present the problem of time in quantum physics, including a short history of
the problem and the known objections about considering time as a quantum observable …

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 …

Quantum reference frames from top-down crossed products

S Ali Ahmad, W Chemissany, MS Klinger, RG Leigh - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
All physical observations are made relative to a reference frame, which is a system in its own
right. If the system of interest admits a group symmetry, the reference frame observing it must …

[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 …

Quantum reference frames, measurement schemes and the type of local algebras in quantum field theory

CJ Fewster, DW Janssen, LD Loveridge… - … in Mathematical Physics, 2025 - Springer
We develop an operational framework, combining relativistic quantum measurement theory
with quantum reference frames (QRFs), in which local measurements of a quantum field on …

Diffeomorphism-invariant observables and dynamical frames in gravity: reconciling bulk locality with general covariance

C Goeller, PA Hoehn, J Kirklin - arxiv preprint arxiv:2206.01193, 2022 - arxiv.org
We describe a completely general and fully non-perturbative framework for constructing
dynamical reference frames in generally covariant theories, and for understanding the …

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 …

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 …

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 …