Entangled particles Definition and 62 Threads

Hi, I was reading about the EPR paradox in Bohm simplified formulation. From my understanding the paradox is that Bob is actually able to get a value for the positron's spin along both the ##z## and ##x## axes. Since electron and positron are entangled, he get the value of spin along ##z##...

Hi Pfs, I read that entanglement is related to a set of paticles that interacted in the past. When Bob and Alice share two entangled particles there is a space like interval between their measurements. I wonder if there is also time like entanglements. suppose that Bob receive his particle a t...

i do not know if the question about entangled particles has found mainstream answers; Suppose that pairs of maximally entangled particles are shared by Bob and Alice in a time independant gravitational field. Bob measures the spin in the direction of far fixed stars. There is a direction in...

Here is something I don't understand which I expect someone here can explain. If one member of an entangled pair goes on a trip at relativistic speeds, there will be two different frames of observation, with two different elapsed times. The time frames can get off-set by years, over a long...

First, I was not sure whether this should go into the Relativity or the Quantum Physics rubric, but since the central question is about entanglement, I opted for the Quantum. I do not have the necessary sophistication to follow string theory arguments, and even most explanations in...

I am a non scientist and nonetheless a have the following question: once particles are (intrinsically) entangled do they always react in the opposite way/ anti-symetric to each other? Source https://www.physicsforums.com/forums/quantum-physics.62/post-thread

I would greatly appreciate answers or perspective on these questions, thank you in advance! Since entangled photons are traveling at the speed of light relative to our spacetime, my understanding is that they experience no time or distance from the moment they are generated to the moment they...

Suppose photons 1 and 2 have entangled spins. And, so do 3 and 4. A Bell-state measurement (BSM) is performed on photons 2 and 3 to cause entanglement swapping so 1 and 4 are now entangled. This is done many times creating many 1 and 4 pairs. Suppose the original 1s and 2s were prepared such...

Hi Pf I read that when two particles are maximally entangled , all the information is in the correlations between the particles. If we need 1 bit to describe one particles. Are two bits in the correlations? three particles may be entangled and then we need to considere 3 bits. As entanglement...

Consider two entangled spin half particles given by the generic form of Bell Equation in Z-axis: ##\psi = (a\uparrow \uparrow + b\downarrow \downarrow)## where ##a^2+b^2=1## In a (2D) planer rotated (by an angle ##\theta##) direction the new equation can be given by: ##|\psi \rangle =...

Consider two entangled spin half particles given by the generic form of Bell Equation in Z-axis: ##\psi = (a\uparrow \uparrow + b\downarrow \downarrow)## where ##a^2+b^2=1## In a (2D) planer rotated (by an angle ##\theta##) direction the new equation can be given by: ##|\psi \rangle =...

In reading around, it seems that in the case of entangled particles, it is the measurement of one of the particles that causes the other one to be it's opposite spin and that there's some means of info transfer going on caused by the measurement. I'm not understanding why it would not be that...

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a nice day, I was reading [The principles of Quantum Mechanics by P.A.M Dirac], and I was attracted to the definition of size. The book says: "If the object under observation is such that the unavoidable limiting disturbance is negligible, then the object...

Hello, my name is Jack and I'm a year 11 student in Australia. After listening to, and reading some information regarding quantum entanglement, I'm still a little unsure about the solution to a thought experiment: Let's say that I create a situation in which multiple pairs of particles are...

I am new here so apologies in advance. When a virtual particle and anti particle appear at the event horizon of a black hole, before they destroy each other, they are split with one being sucked into the black hole and the other becoming exhaust. Are these the same particles as the quantum...

It seems that the entanglement of two particles does not change with time and can cross long distanced as long an neither particle decoheres with the environment. This makes me wonder if the wave function for that entanglement can have any time or space dependence? I only did a brief search for...

I have always been interested in entagled electrons. so I thought about the stern gerlack experiment and simly wondered what would happen to entagled electrons in such an experiment. (although the prefix says high school i am able to appreciate more complicated answers).

Can anyone with basic knowledge of Dicke States assist with explaining how we arrive at equation (4) in the paper 'Entanglement detection in the vicinity of arbitrary Dicke states': <Moderator's note: link fixed> $$\langle J^2_{x} \rangle_{\mu} = \sum_{i_1,i_2} \langle J_{xi_{_1}} \rangle_{\mu}...

EDIT: I realize now that I have fundamentally misunderstood a crucial aspect of deriving the Bell inequality for this case which is the existence of the third axis. The setup of the problem did state that the axes were chosen at random. Therefore I can't just look at the possibility of choosing...

Heya, I was wondering what happens when you measure the spin of particles along several different angles on an entangled pair. As far as I understand Bell's theorem, it basically says that if you first measure particle A in some angle, and then measure a particle B at some some angle, you'll...

I don't have much of a background in quantum physics so be patient with my questions please. Basically I want to know how does entanglement actually work? Is information being transferred faster than we can detect it or is there some invisible link between particles that causes the phenomenon we...

I have some questions about quantum entanglement 1 - Why is this phenomenon considered so surprising, if it just states conservation of quantities (e.g. spin, momentum) and we are already accostumed with conservation of quantities in classical physics 2 - Suppose we have, say, a hydrogen...

can lorentz contraction be measured via quantum entanglement with one of the entangled particles moving near the speed of light? would the particle in motion be affected by lorentz contraction? if so, would the particle at rest follow suit and appear affected?

Assuming two particles are entangled, is there a quantifiable energy associated with separation distance? Rephrasing the question: If two entangled particles are distance x1 apart and another pair of identical entangled particles are distance x2 apart, is there a difference in the energy...

Ah. It was skepticism about publishing, not about giving a comprehensive account! Yes, I am preparing a book on quantum mechanics, which will contain an account of the thermal interpretation - but primarily to macroscopic, nonrelativistic reality, where it is obvious that it gives the correct...

In a thought experiment, there is a spin-0 source emitting particles. (I suppose you already know what is that experiment.) Two observers in opposite sides along the same axis measure opposite spin components. If one observer measure, say, spin up, then the second observer will certainly measure...

First let me ask this: Consider a pair of entangled photons fired at a respective detector after passing respective polarisation filters. If a photon passes a polarisation filter, is it in a superposition of having passed and not having passed? Is the measuring device (that detects the...

Pardon me for asking a very simple question, but this is something that I'm confused about. If we have a pair of entangled particles, and we measure the state of one of the particles, then the state of the other particle becomes fixed instantaneously. But what if we have three entangled...

I understand that we can create entangled particles in the lab. But how many (non-locally) entangled particles (such as photons/polarisation or electrons/spin) exist in free nature?

Perhaps someone can show me some simple math showing two states in superposition and entanglement so I can see how entanglement relates to superposition. Thanks.

Each particle has a wave associated to it according to the principle of wave-particle duality. Between two waves there is a phase difference. What is this phase difference in the case of entangled particles? 0 degrees? 90 degrees? 180 degrees? Somewhere in between?

I was thinking about entanglement today and found myself struggling to envision entanglement and relativity working together. If I send entangled electrons out in opposite directions, their states are not determined until one of them is observed. I know that. What if one of them passes...

When the spin of an entanglement particle is established, it is said that the corresponding spin of its entangled twin is revealed immediately, (via wave collapse?), and that this interaction can occur across a substantial distance. It has also been said that this immediate interaction can occur...

Although there are numerous questions about entanglement and FTL communication, I can't find anything directly related to this. I proposed a method for FTL communication via GHZ multi-particle entanglement at...

I apologise in advance for my rather minimal knowledge of physics. Please assume that anything I write below is just my current understanding, and may very well be incorrect... Elementary particles decay into other elementary particles. When a a subatomic particle decays into a pair of other...

If one was to entangle two particles and either send the two particles at each other, or send one of the entangled particles and observe the other; what do you think might happen? If there are any problems with getting an entangled particle into the Hadron Collider, please say so.

First off I'd like to say my understanding of physics isn't very good, so I'm sorry if this question is a non sequitur. Suppose we have two entangled particles, one on Earth, and the other on a ship that is traveling away from Earth at near to light speed. According to quantum...

Does the quantum no-communication theorem apply to multiple particle entanglement as well? To illustrate the idea, suppose we had particles A, B and C with entangled spin. We measure A and B locally using, say, detector angle 0 for particle A and angle 45 for particle B. Particle C is measured...

Dear Learned Physicists, can anyone educate me on: is it possible to distinguish entangled particles before and after interaction in theory? what I'm trying to find out is, if two entangled particles can be separated and one interacted with to produce a result at the other end, such...

Would it be possible to study black-holes just by entangling particles and sending some of them right into a black-hole?

If we entangle particles and separate them by a large distance, can the action of measuring one cause decoherence at the other's location? If yes then does this violate relativisitic causality? Could we not use this process to transmit information instantaneously? If no then why not? Is there...

This should be a very easy question to answer, but oddly enough I'm not certain what that answer is. So I thought that someone here could help me. It's easy enough to visualize and understand a pair of entangled particles, and how measuring the state of one instantly effects the state of the...

I am trying to understand how it may be possible to maintain two particles in an entangled superposition. Is this possible or has this already been done?

Hello all! I'm trying to wrap my head around this quantum entanglement thingy. As far as I have understood, if you have two entangled particles, say two electrones, it is impossible to predict their spins since they are thought to be in superposition of both up and down. But if you measure...

Why do (we assume that) entangled particles (say photons/electrons) have to be in an indeterminate state?

I'm sure this has been asked a million times, but how do we know that entangled particles don't "choose" their states when they're separated? If possible, choose the most basic example. Thanks!

What happens when you take two entangled particles and put one on a spaceship that moves close to the speed of light? Now you measure one of the two particles. The state of the other should become decided at the exact moment you do the measurement. But there is no absolute simultaneity if you...

Let's say you have entangled particles emitted from a source. What happens if you measure the spin of both entangled particles simultaneously with respect to the reference frame of the source? Would the spins measured still be opposite (anti-correlated)? Would you even get a definite...

Entangled particles are used in various experiments for example: DCQE (delayed choice quantum eraser) Bells tests Mach Zehnder (modified) DCES (delayed choice entanglement swapping - Ma) Now, one out of a trillion photons, on average, gets entangled after passing through the SPDC (?)...

I'll admit I have a very small understanding of this phenomena in general. I read once that entangled particles are emitted as pi mesons decay. What I am unclear about is how do scientists know when to be ready to capture them and how do they contain them? Any help would be much appreciated.