Quantum batteries and time dilation
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2603.11079 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 10 Mar 2026] Title:Quantum batteries and time dilation Authors:Esteban Martínez-Vargas View a PDF of the paper titled Quantum batteries and time dilation, by Esteban Mart\'inez-Vargas View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Is spacetime fundamental or can it be derived through quantum interactions? We propose here a way to describe time dilation solely from quantum mechanics. First we start by observing that any operational notion of time must imply some sort of regular motion and, crucially, some sort of memory. Thus the clock model we use here is a simple example of a quantum memory: a charging battery. We describe here the charging of such batteries with quantum open dynamics. The expected value of these batteries grow linearly in time like $\varphi t$. The open dynamics is dependent on an auxiliar state $\sigma$. Therefore, with a different auxiliar state we have a different $\varphi$. We can describe time dilation and thus a metric this way. We exemplify with a black hole metric. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2603.11079 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2603.11079v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.11079 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Esteban Martínez-Vargas [view email] [v1] Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:07:00 UTC (16 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Quantum batteries and time dilation, by Esteban Mart\'inez-VargasView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-03 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) Links to Code Toggle Papers with Code (What is Papers with Code?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)