Schrodinger's 'Kitten'? Large-Scale Quantum Entanglement Achieved By Two Physics Labs Uncategorized Published on July 26th, 2013 | by Michael Ricciardi July 26th, 2013 by Michael Ricciardi In the famous gedanken experiment posited by famed quantum physicist Erwin Schrodinger in the 1930′s, a hypothetical cat resides in a closed box with a radioactive atom which may exist in a stable or decaying state; if the atom decays, it triggers the release of a poison contained in a flask, which would kill the poor, putative puttycat. But until we open the box, the cat is both alive and dead (note: this previous description has been edited/corrected for accuracy). The opening of the box is an analogy for performing a measurement on the quantum system. For many physicist, the idea of applying this quantum effect to larger scale systems is absurd. Large-Scale Quantum Effect Achieved – More Like a ‘Kitten’ Than A ‘Cat’ Schrödinger’s cat: a cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box. Applications and Meaning of the Experiments About the Author
Scientists Achieve Quantum Teleportation One of the hurdles to teleportation has been overcome, with the reliable movement of quantum information between two objects separated by a short distance. The achievement is still a very, very long way from the movements familiar from science fiction, but strengthens our confidence in the theory of quantum entanglement, one of the most controversial aspects of modern physics. It may, moreover, assist the much closer goal of quantum computing. Certain subatomic particles always exist in paired states. However, the distance between the two this means that the information of what has happened to the one particle must be transmitted infinitely fast – faster than the speed of light. In 1964 physicist John Stewart Bell came up with an idea for an experiment to test whether entanglement is real. The Delft team trapped electrons in very low temperature diamonds, which team leader Ronald Hanson describes as “miniprisons”. As usual, the result does not come out of nowhere.
Introduction to quantum mechanics Non-technical introduction to quantum physics Many aspects of quantum mechanics are counterintuitive[3] and can seem paradoxical because they describe behavior quite different from that seen at larger scales. In the words of quantum physicist Richard Feynman, quantum mechanics deals with "nature as She is—absurd".[4] Features of quantum mechanics often defy simple explanations in everyday language. One example of this is the uncertainty principle: precise measurements of position cannot be combined with precise measurements of velocity. Quantum mechanics helps us understand chemistry, because it explains how atoms interact with each other and form molecules. History[edit] Maxwell's unification of electricity, magnetism, and light in the 1880s led to experiments on the interaction of light and matter. Evidence of quanta from the photoelectric effect[edit] Hot objects radiate heat; very hot objects – red hot, white hot objects – all look similar when heated to the same temperature.
The Everett Interpretation This FAQ shows how quantum paradoxes are resolved by the "many-worlds" interpretation or metatheory of quantum mechanics. This FAQ does not seek to that the many-worlds interpretation is the "correct" quantum metatheory, merely to correct some of the common errors and misinformation on the subject floating around. As a physics undergraduate I was struck by the misconceptions of my tutors about many-worlds, despite that it seemed to resolve all the paradoxes of quantum theory . The objections raised to many-worlds were either patently misguided or beyond my ability to assess at the time , which made me suspect (confirmed during my graduate QFT studies) that the more sophisticated rebuttals were also invalid. I have attempted, in the answers, to translate the precise mathematics of quantum theory into woolly and ambiguous English - I would appreciate any corrections. See "Does the EPR experiment prohibit locality?" eg "In quantum field theory the wavefunction becomes an operator".
What Really Happens When Earth’s Magnetic Field Flips? A geomagnetic apocalypse may not be on the horizon, but there is some fascinating science behind the doomsday hype. PUBLISHED January 31, 2018 Many times over our planet’s history, Earth’s magnetic poles have reversed, meaning that sometimes a compass pointing north will be aimed at Antarctica rather than the Arctic. This might sound strange, but it’s a relatively predictable quirk. That is, until this week, when a book excerpt describing the phenomenon appeared online. True, life on Earth almost certainly will be different than it is today in multiple thousands of years. First thing’s first: Are we all going to die? We are all going to die, eventually. Fine. If geologic history repeats itself, Earth’s magnetic poles should eventually swap places. That means we’re a bit overdue for a total reversal, and some data do, in fact, suggest that a geomagnetic reversal is geologically imminent. OK. Also unclear. Bummer, that sounds boring. So there’s nothing at all to worry about? Not exactly.
Gravitational-wave finding causes 'spring cleaning' in physics Detlev van Ravenswaay/Science Photo Library Artist's rendering of 'bubble universes' within a greater multiverse — an idea that some experts say was bolstered with this week's discovery of gravitational waves. On 17 March, astronomer John Kovac of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics presented long-awaited evidence of gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space — that originated from the Big Bang during a period of dramatic expansion known as inflation. By the time the Sun set that day in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the first paper detailing some of the discovery’s consequences had already been posted online1, by cosmologist David Marsh of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, and his colleagues. Cosmologist Marc Kamionkowski of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, agrees that some axion models no longer work, “because they require inflation to operate at a lower energy scale than the one indicated by BICEP2”. Linde agrees.
So you think YOU'RE confused about quantum mechanics? An invitation-only conference held back in 2011 on the topic "Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality" (QPNR) saw top physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers of science specializing in the meaning and interpretation of quantum mechanics wrangling over an array of fundamental issues. An interesting aspect of the gathering was that when informally polled on the main issues and open problems in the foundations of quantum mechanics, the results showed that the scientific community still has no clear consensus concerning the basic nature of quantum physics. Quantum mechanics (QM), together with its extensions into quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, is our most successful scientific theory, with many results agreeing to better than a part in a billion with experiment. However, at its roots QM is ghost-like – when you try to pin down just what it means, it tends to slip between the fingers. Introduction to QM Now knock the balls together. The quantum measurement problem
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Quantum mysteries John Gribbin For seventy years, physicists have worried about what quantum mechanics means. They can use quantum physics, to be sure; witness the successful designs of lasers and computer microchips, and the understanding of molecules that makes genetic engineering possible. In fact, few physicists worry about such things. The archetypal example of the quantum mysteries is the "experiment with two holes", where the measured position of a single electron that passes through two holes in a screen can only be explained in terms of the wave function travelling through both holes at once and interfering with itself. Imagine that we have a source which will emit a single quantum particle in a random direction (ordinary radioactive nuclei do exactly this, so there is nothing special about the source). So far, simple enough. But a giant leap in what might be called quantum philosophy has recently been taken by the American physicist John Cramer. It works like this.