{
  "id": "1012.0535",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2010-12-02T18:45:52.000Z",
  "updated": "2010-12-02T18:45:52.000Z",
  "title": "Physics as Information Processing",
  "authors": [
    "Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano"
  ],
  "comment": "Work presented at the conference \"Advances in Quantum Theory\" held on 14-17 June 2010 at the Linnaeus University, Vaxjo, Sweden",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "I review some recent advances in foundational research at Pavia QUIT group. The general idea is that there is only Quantum Theory without quantization rules, and the whole Physics---including space-time and relativity--is emergent from the quantum-information processing. And since Quantum Theory itself is axiomatized solely on informational principles, the whole Physics must be reformulated in information-theoretical terms: this is the \"It from Bit of J. A. Wheeler. The review is divided into four parts: a) the informational axiomatization of Quantum Theory; b) how space-time and relativistic covariance emerge from quantum computation; c) what is the information-theoretical meaning of inertial mass and of $\\hbar$, and how the quantum field emerges; d) an observational consequence of the new quantum field theory: a mass-dependent refraction index of vacuum. I will conclude with the research lines that will follow in the immediate future.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2010-12-02T18:45:52.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "information processing",
      "quantum theory",
      "pavia quit group",
      "relativistic covariance emerge",
      "quantum field emerges"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "conference paper"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2010arXiv1012.0535M"
    }
  }
}