Time dilation of quantum clocks in a relativistic gravitational potential
arXiv:2304.04281 · doi:10.3390/e27050489
Abstract
We study the dynamical evolution of two quantum clocks interacting with a relativistic gravitational potential. We find a time dilation effect for the clocks in agreement with the gravitational time dilation as obtained from the Schwarzschild solution in General Relativity. We perform our investigation via the Page and Wootters quantum time formalism, exploring the dynamics of clocks assuming them in both a product state and a more general (entangled) state. The gravitational redshift, as emerging from our framework, is also proposed and discussed.
arXiv commentFinal version accepted for publication in Entropy
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