Isaac Scientific Publishing

Theoretical Physics

On the Arrow of Time

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DOI: 10.22606/tp.2017.23002

Author(s)

  • Lucian M. Ionescu*
    Department of Mathematics, Illinois State University, IL 61790-4520, United States

Abstract

The interface between classical physics and quantum physics is explained from the point of view of Quantum Information Theory (Feynman Processes). The interpretation depends on a hefty sacrifice: the classical determinism or the arrow of time. The wave-particle duality steams from the qubit model, as the root of creation and annihilation of possibilities. A few key experiments are briefly reviewed from the above perspective: quantum erasure, delayed-choice and wave-particle correlation.

Keywords

Space-time, quantum information, Feynman processes, quantum erasure

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