A ug 2 00 1 Collapse , Expansion , and Variable Speed of Light Subhash Kak
نویسنده
چکیده
This paper presents an information-theoretic view of how an observer within a quantum system will perceive his world. It is argued that because of the indistinguishability of quantum particles, a coherent state will appear to an observer within the system like a singular-ity. As superposition is lost, space appears to expand, although to the outsider it is merely the collapse of the wave function. Implications of these ideas to cosmology are considered. The superluminal expansion of space provides a basis to understand inflationary cosmologies. This expansion may be taken to be equivalent to a much faster speed of light during the inflationary period. These ideas can be tested by checking for 'higher' speed of light from photons emitted by decoher-ing atoms.
منابع مشابه
45 5 v 1 2 5 Ja n 20 01 Collapse , Expansion , and a Variable Speed of Light Subhash Kak Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Louisiana State University
This paper presents an information-theoretic view of how an observer within a quantum system will perceive his world. It is argued that because of the indistinguishability of quantum particles, a coherent state will appear to an observer within the system like a singu-larity. As superposition is lost, space appears to expand, although to the outsider it is merely the collapse of the wave functi...
متن کامل. ge n - ph ] 2 1 A ug 2 00 7 The VSL Discussion : What Does Variable Speed of Light Mean and Should we be Allowed to Think About ?
In the past years, variable speed of light (VSL) theories have been of growing interest but also a subject of controversial discussion. They have been accused both for tautologies and for violating special relativity, and concerns have been expressed about the validity of such approaches in general (e.g. Ellis, astro-ph/0703751). Without trying completeness on the issue, the example of Einstein...
متن کاملua nt - p h / 02 06 14 4 v 3 2 4 Ju n 20 02 General Qubit Errors Cannot Be Corrected Subhash Kak
Error correction in the standard meaning of the term implies the ability to correct all small analog errors and some large errors. Examining assumptions at the basis of the recently proposed quantum error-correcting codes, it is pointed out that these codes can correct only a subset of errors, and are unable to correct small phase errors which can have disastrous consequences for a quantum comp...
متن کاملua nt - p h / 03 04 18 4 v 2 3 M ay 2 00 3 Bell States , Dense Coding , and Teleportation
The problem of the distinguishability of the Bell states is considered. In the entangled Bell states the individual particles are a mixture. The implication of this for " local interpretation " of the dense coding and teleportation protocols is examined.
متن کاملThe Algebra of Two Dimensional Patterns
One way to create a random array is to map a random sequence into a two-dimensional pattern and an obvious choice is the use of shift-register sequences [10] or to use prime reciprocal sequences [11]-[14]. One dimensional binary random sequences are obtained as expansions of the prime reciprocal 1/p by [11],[12], a(i) = 2 mod p mod 2. Shift register (maximum length) sequences are obtained using...
متن کامل