Quantum frames of reference

Y. Aharonov and T. Kaufherr
Phys. Rev. D 30, 368 – Published 15 July 1984
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Abstract

Frames of reference attached to quantum-mechanical objects of finite mass are considered. A consistent discription of such frames is obtained which resolves a variety of apparent paradoxes associated with such a description. The main result of the present work is a formalism wherein the principle of equivalence is extended to reference frames described by quantum states.

  • Received 9 February 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.30.368

©1984 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Y. Aharonov

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel and Department of Physics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208

T. Kaufherr

  • 102 Usishkin Street, Tel Aviv 62031, Israel

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Vol. 30, Iss. 2 — 15 July 1984

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