The quantum field as a quantum computer

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2011.12.021MaRDI QIDQ1933161zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano

Publication date 22 January 2013

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0756

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum algorithms and complexity in the theory of computing (68Q12) Quantum computation (81P68) Model quantum field theories (81T10)

Abstract: It is supposed that at very small scales a quantum field is an infinite homogeneous quantum computer. On a quantum computer the information cannot propagate faster than $c=a/au$, $a$ and $au$ being the minimum space and time distances between gates, respectively. It is shown that the information flow satisfies a Dirac equation, with speed $v=zetac$ and $zeta=zeta(m)$ mass-dependent. For $a/au=c$ the speed of light $zet{a}^{-1}$ is a vacuum refraction index increasing monotonically from $zet{a}^{-1}(0)=1$ to $zet{a}^{-1}(M)=infty$, $M$ being the Planck mass for $2a$ the Planck length.

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