Free quantum field theory from quantum cellular automata

DOI10.1007/S10701-015-9934-1MaRDI QIDQ892919zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Alessandro Bisio, Paolo Perinotti, Alessandro Tosini, Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano

Publication date 12 November 2015

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.04832

zbMATH Keywords

Planck scalequantum field theoryquantum cellular automatainformational principles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Cellular automata (computational aspects) (68Q80) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17)

Abstract: After leading to a new axiomatic derivation of quantum theory, the new informational paradigm is entering the domain of quantum field theory, suggesting a quantum automata framework that can be regarded as an extension of quantum field theory to including an hypothetical Planck scale, and with the usual quantum field theory recovered in the relativistic limit of small wave-vectors. Being derived from simple principles (linearity, unitarity, locality, homogeneity, isotropy, and minimality of dimension), the automata theory is quantum ab-initio, and does not assume Lorentz covariance and mechanical notions. Being discrete it can describe localized states and measurements (unmanageable by quantum field theory), solving all the issues plaguing field theory originated from the continuum. These features make the theory an ideal framework for quantum gravity, with relativistic covariance and space-time emergent solely from the interactions, and not assumed a priori. The paper presents a synthetic derivation of the automata theory, showing how from the principles lead to a description in terms of a quantum automaton over a Cayley graph of a group. Restricting to Abelian groups we show how the automata recover the Weyl, Dirac and Maxwell dynamics in the relativistic limit. We conclude with some new routes about the more general scenario of non-Abelian Cayley graphs.

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