Thermal time as an unsharp observable

DOI10.1063/5.0165171MaRDI QIDQ6123736zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jan van Neerven, Pierre Portal

Publication date 8 April 2024

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.13774

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Partial differential equations (35-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX)

Abstract: We show that the Connes-Rovelli thermal time associated with the quantum harmonic oscillator can be described as an (unsharp) observable, that is, as a positive operator valued measure. We furthermore present extensions of this result to the free massless relativistic particle in one dimension and to a hypothetical physical system whose equilibrium state is given by the noncommutative integral.

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