Nonlocality and Compactified Dimensions

waterfall
Messages
380
Reaction score
1
Supposed reality was described by String Theory and there were 6 compactified dimensions. Could it describe quantum non-locality or does it still take light speed to travel in the compactified dimension? For example. You live in New York, I live in California. If we can send signal in one of the compactified dimensions. Can it reach you without passing through the larger 3D spacetime? I just can't imagine how curled up dimensions look like with reference to our large dimensions and what it means to send signal inside. Maybe it can explain the non-locality in QM?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
String theory as such cannot EXPLAIN entanglement, because string theory satisfies the laws of quantum mechanics (including entanglement) even when extra dimensions are not compactified.
 

Thread 'Quantum Entanglement is a Kinematic Fact, not a Dynamical Effect'

Insights auto threads is broken atm, so I'm manually creating these for new Insight articles. Towards the end of the first lecture for the Qiskit Global Summer School 2025, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Olivia Lanes (Global Lead, Content and Education IBM) stated... Source: https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/quantum-entanglement-is-a-kinematic-fact-not-a-dynamical-effect/ by @RUTA
View full post »

Thread 'Quantum behaviour of an electron around a positively charged sphere'

If we release an electron around a positively charged sphere, the initial state of electron is a linear combination of Hydrogen-like states. According to quantum mechanics, evolution of time would not change this initial state because the potential is time independent. However, classically we expect the electron to collide with the sphere. So, it seems that the quantum and classics predict different behaviours!
View full post »

Thread 'Does a qubit break interference in the double slit experiment?'

According to recent podcast between Jacob Barandes and Sean Carroll, Barandes claims that putting a sensitive qubit near one of the slits of a double slit interference experiment is sufficient to break the interference pattern. Here are his words from the official transcript: Is that true? Caveats I see: The qubit is a quantum object, so if the particle was in a superposition of up and down, the qubit can be in a superposition too. Measuring the qubit in an orthogonal direction might...
View full post »

Similar threads

I Physical Interpretation of Compactified Dimensions?
Replies
1
Views
2K
B What Happens to 1D Dimensions When They Curl Up in Superstring Theory?
Replies
18
Views
2K
A "Monstrous Higgs and Leech Spacetime"
Replies
0
Views
3K
I Can anti-realism really save nonlocality?
Replies
40
Views
2K
Is Quantum World weird because we can 'see' higher dimensions?
Replies
2
Views
2K
I Trying To Conceptualize Two Dimensions Of Time
Replies
2
Views
4K
I How do you understand EPR & Bell's Theorem?
Replies
47
Views
5K
A Quantum nonlocality and "spooky action at a distance"
3
Replies
140
Views
11K
Why not higher dimensions in string is timelike?
Replies
20
Views
4K
Can Quantum Physics Reveal Higher Dimensions Beyond Our Perception?
Replies
4
Views
2K

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top