Quantum superposition of thermodynamic evolutions with opposing time’s arrows

When watching a movie of a physical process, one can conjecture whether it is running forward or backward in time by examining key physical parameters in the process. Here, the authors show that superpositions of (thermodynamic) quantum processes with opposite time’s arrows are also physically possi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giulia Rubino, Gonzalo Manzano, Časlav Brukner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Communications Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00759-1