Relativistic implications of entropy and purity

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Main Authors: Balsells, Joseph, Bojowald, Martin
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author Balsells, Joseph
Bojowald, Martin
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Bojowald, Martin
contents A quantum object is extended by virtue of quantum uncertainty. Subjected to gravity, it therefore experiences tidal forces and other relativistic effects. As a result, entropy and purity affect geodesic motion and acquire weight, an observation that has broad implications from free-fall experiments to Hawking radiation. If the object's position is quantum correlated in at least two directions, a complete description of its geodesic motion requires non-Riemannian geometry of a form controlled by the entropy and purity of its state. In addition, the analysis reveals a new Minkowski structure on a subspace of entanglement degrees of freedom.
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spellingShingle Relativistic implications of entropy and purity
Balsells, Joseph
Bojowald, Martin
Quantum Physics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
A quantum object is extended by virtue of quantum uncertainty. Subjected to gravity, it therefore experiences tidal forces and other relativistic effects. As a result, entropy and purity affect geodesic motion and acquire weight, an observation that has broad implications from free-fall experiments to Hawking radiation. If the object's position is quantum correlated in at least two directions, a complete description of its geodesic motion requires non-Riemannian geometry of a form controlled by the entropy and purity of its state. In addition, the analysis reveals a new Minkowski structure on a subspace of entanglement degrees of freedom.
title Relativistic implications of entropy and purity
topic Quantum Physics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14705