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SUBMITTER: Zych M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704104 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zych Magdalena M Costa Fabio F Pikovski Igor I Brukner Časlav Č
Nature communications 20190821 1
Time has a fundamentally different character in quantum mechanics and in general relativity. In quantum theory events unfold in a fixed order while in general relativity temporal order is influenced by the distribution of matter. When matter requires a quantum description, temporal order is expected to become non-classical-a scenario beyond the scope of current theories. Here we provide a direct description of such a scenario. We consider a thought experiment with a massive body in a spatial sup ...[more]