Relativistic limits on the discretization and temporal resolution of a quantum clock

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.05848v2
• Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 01:53:02 GMT
• Title: Relativistic limits on the discretization and temporal resolution of a quantum clock
• Authors: Tommaso Favalli,
• Abstract summary: We discuss limits on the discretization and temporal resolution of time values in a quantum clock.<n>Our clock is characterized by a time observable chosen to be the complement of a bounded and discrete Hamiltonian.
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• Abstract: We provide a brief discussion regarding relativistic limits on the discretization and temporal resolution of time values in a quantum clock. Our clock is characterized by a time observable chosen to be the complement of a bounded and discrete Hamiltonian which can have an equally-spaced or a generic spectrum. In the first case the time observable can be described by an Hermitian operator and we find a limit in the discretization for the time eigenvalues. Nevertheless, in both cases, the time observable can be described by a POVM and, by increasing the number of time states, we can arbitrarily reduce the bound on the minimum time quantum, demonstrating that we can safely take the time values as continuous when the number of time states tends to infinity. Finally, we find a limit for temporal resolution of our time observable when the clock is used (together with light signals) in a relativistic framework for measuring spacetime distances.

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