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Almost Ideal Clocks in Quantum Cosmology: A Brief Derivation of Time

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A formalism for quantizing time reparametrization invariant dynamics is considered and applied to systems which contain an `almost ideal clock.' Previously, this formalism was successfully applied to the Bianchi models and, while it contains no fundamental notion of `time' or `evolution,' the approach does contain a notion of correlations. Using correlations with the almost ideal clock to introduce a notion of time, the work below derives the complete formalism of external time quantum mechanics. The limit of an ideal clock is found to be closely associated with the Klein-Gordon inner product and the Newton-Wigner formalism and, in addition, this limit is shown to fail for a clock that measures metric-defined proper time near a singularity in Bianchi models.

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hep-th 2

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2026 2

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Smooth horizons from topology change in canonical quantum gravity

hep-th · 2026-06-04 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Topology change in canonical JT gravity resolves the firewall paradox by making the connected two-interior branch dominate after Page time, with gravitational constraints annihilating the firewall branch and identifying horizon vacuum and early radiation purity as the same Dirac observable.

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  • Smooth horizons from topology change in canonical quantum gravity hep-th · 2026-06-04 · unverdicted · none · ref 63 · internal anchor

    Topology change in canonical JT gravity resolves the firewall paradox by making the connected two-interior branch dominate after Page time, with gravitational constraints annihilating the firewall branch and identifying horizon vacuum and early radiation purity as the same Dirac observable.

  • Implication of dressed form of relational observable on von Neumann algebra hep-th · 2026-03-27 · unverdicted · none · ref 9 · internal anchor

    Dressed relational observables imply quasi-de Sitter space corresponds to Type II_∞ von Neumann algebra with diverging trace in the gravity decoupling limit, unlike the finite-trace Type II_1 algebra for de Sitter space.