Time in Physics / edited by Renato Renner, Sandra Stupar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Renner, Renato.., Editor.

Stupar, Sandra.., Editor.

Series:

Tutorials, Schools, and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences , 2522-0969

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory.

Mathematical physics.

Quantum Physics.

Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Quantum Physics.

Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VII, 160 p. 30 illus., 9 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1版. 2017.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2017.

Summary:

One of the most important questions concerning the foundations of physics, especially since the discovery of relativity and quantum theory, is the nature and role of time. In this book we bring together researchers from different areas of physics, mathematics, computer science and philosophy to discuss the role time plays in physics. There have been few books on this topic to date, and two of the key aims of the workshop and this book are to encourage more researchers to explore this area, and to pique students’ interest in the different roles time plays in physics.

Contents:

Julian Barbour: Arrows of Time in Unconfined Systems

Maximilan P. E. Lock and Ivette Fuentes: Relativistic quantum clocks

Nicolas Gisin: Time really passes. Science can't deny that

Dominik Janzing: Statistical asymmetries between cause and effect

Thomas Pashby: At what time does a quantum experiment have a result?

Paolo Perinotti: Causal structures and the classication of order quantum computations

Tony Short: Re-evaluating space-time

Vlatko Vedral: Time, (inverse) temperature and cosmological inflation as entanglement

Ämin Baumeler and Stefan Wolf: Causality - Complexity - Consistency: Can Space-Time Be Based on Logic and Computation?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-319-68655-0