Quantum frames of reference
- 15 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 30 (2) , 368-385
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.30.368
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.Keywords
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