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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
- Descriptors DEI
- DEGREES OF FREEDOM; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LOCALITY; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; PLANCK LAW; PURE STATES; QUANTUM DECOHERENCE; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM OPTICS; ROTATION; SPACE-TIME; SPIN; UNITARITY; WIGNER DISTRIBUTION
Optional Information
- 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