Perspective-neutral approach to quantum frame covariance for general symmetry groups

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.13824v1
• Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:19:24 GMT
• Title: Perspective-neutral approach to quantum frame covariance for general symmetry groups
• Authors: Anne-Catherine de la Hamette, Thomas D. Galley, Philipp A. Hoehn, Leon Loveridge and Markus P. Mueller
• Abstract summary: Internal quantum reference frames (QRFs) appear widely in the literature on quantum gravity, gauge theories and quantum foundations. This is a framework that links internal QRF perspectives via a manifestly gauge-invariant Hilbert space in the form of "quantum coordinate transformations" We reveal new effects: (i) QRFs with non-trivial orientation isotropy groups can only resolve isotropy-group-invariant properties of other subsystems; (ii) in the absence of symmetries, the internal perspective Hilbert space "rotates" through the kinematical subsystem Hilbert space as the QR
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• Abstract: In the absence of external relata, internal quantum reference frames (QRFs) appear widely in the literature on quantum gravity, gauge theories and quantum foundations. Here, we extend the perspective-neutral approach to QRF covariance to general unimodular Lie groups. This is a framework that links internal QRF perspectives via a manifestly gauge-invariant Hilbert space in the form of "quantum coordinate transformations", and we clarify how it is a quantum extension of special covariance. We model the QRF orientations as coherent states which give rise to a covariant POVM, furnishing a consistent probability interpretation and encompassing non-ideal QRFs whose orientations are not perfectly distinguishable. We generalize the construction of relational observables, establish a variety of their algebraic properties and equip them with a transparent conditional probability interpretation. We import the distinction between gauge transformations and physical symmetries from gauge theories and identify the latter as QRF reorientations. The "quantum coordinate maps" into an internal QRF perspective are constructed via a conditioning on the QRF's orientation, generalizing the Page-Wootters formalism and a symmetry reduction procedure. We find two types of QRF transformations: gauge induced "quantum coordinate transformations" as passive unitary changes of description and symmetry induced active changes of relational observables from one QRF to another. We reveal new effects: (i) QRFs with non-trivial orientation isotropy groups can only resolve isotropy-group-invariant properties of other subsystems; (ii) in the absence of symmetries, the internal perspective Hilbert space "rotates" through the kinematical subsystem Hilbert space as the QRF changes orientation. Finally, we invoke the symmetries to generalize the quantum relativity of subsystems before comparing with other approaches. [Abridged]

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