(November 11, 2018 at 10:25 pm)Everena Wrote:(November 11, 2018 at 9:59 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: You're even wrong according to your own source. Fine. You want more?
Two objects. Not one.
Yes, but what we are discussing is the concept of atoms and electrons existing in two places at once, and quantum entanglement is just part of the theory of quantum mechanics. You all should know this, since it is how we are able to have advanced technology.
Congratulations to Drs. S. Haroche and D. Wineland for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics. 2012
These two physicists got the Prize for doing experiments once thought to be impossible, i.e. studying single atoms and single photons (particles of light).
They proved the correctness of the bizarre properties of quantum mechanics, i.e. that electrons can be two places at the same time. Einstein himself hated this idea, but he was wrong on this one. It sounds preposterous that electrons and atoms can be in many states at the same time, but this is the foundation of modern civilizations. Lasers, transistors, computers, the internet etc. are all based on quantum mechanics. It has been tested to 1 part in 100 billion in accuracy, making it the most successful physical theory of all time. Except that it is based on feet of clay.
The idea that you can be in many places at the same time can be proven indirectly, by looking at the properties of many atoms, but testing it on single atoms and single photons was beyond reach. Until now.
Dr. Wineland put a single atom in a box, and then hit it with a photon of light.
Dr. Haroche did the opposite. He put a single photon in a box, and then hit it with an atom.
In both cases, the experiments verified quantum mechanics."
That's superposition, not quantum entanglement, which, as already noted, is a property of the quantum wave function, not of particles or atoms.
And you need to cite your sources.
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