Physical implications of a fundamental period of time
arXiv:2005.11572 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.241301
Abstract
If time is described by a fundamental process rather than a coordinate, it interacts with any physical system that evolves in time. The resulting dynamics is shown here to be consistent provided the fundamental period of the time system is sufficiently small. A strong upper bound T_C < 10^{-33}s of the fundamental period of time, several orders of magnitude below any direct time measurement, is obtained from bounds on dynamical variations of the period of a system evolving in time.
arXiv comment5 pages, 3 figures
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