Published June 4, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Unveiling quantum complementarity tradeoffs in relativistic scenarios

  • 1. Center for Natural and Human Sciences, Federal University of ABC, Avenida dos Estados 5001, 09210-580, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 2. H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
  • 3. International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies, University of Gdańsk, Jana Bazynskiego 8, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland

Description

Complementarity plays a pivotal role in understanding a diverse range of quantum phenomena. Here, we show how the tradeoff between quantities of a complete complementarity relation is modified in an arbitrary spacetime for a particle with an internal spin. This effect stems from local Wigner rotations in the spacetime, which couple the spin to the system's external degrees of freedom. To conduct our study, we utilize two generalized delayed-choice interferometers. Despite differences in complementarity tradeoffs inside the interferometers, the interferometric visibility of both setups coincides in any relativistic regime. Our results extend the finding that general relativity induces a universal decoherence effect on quantum superpositions, as local Wigner rotations, being purely kinematical, preclude any spin dynamics. To illustrate, we analyze the Newtonian limit of our results.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.109.062207;
arXiv
arXiv:2306.08136;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/501100001807; 10.13039/501100000781; 10.13039/501100001870; 10.13039/501100004281;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review A
Journal Volume
109
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
12 pgs.
ISSN
1094-1622

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Copyright
©2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
2022/09496-8; MAB/2018/5; ChistEra-2023/05/Y/ST2/00005
Notes
Contact Email: marcoslwbasso@hotmail.com; Contact Email: ismaellpaiva@gmail.com; Contact Email: dieguez.pr@gmail.com; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo; European Research Council; Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej; Narodowe Centrum Nauki