What is the physical unit of teleport?

[vlemon265]

We use ms^-1 for unit of speed.
But what is the physical unit for teleporting a mass to a distance L? Is it also [L]/[time]?
But it seems it does not take time for teleport.
Seeking help. Thanks

p.s: my reference
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7410/full/nature11332.html

 

[Drakkith]

You misunderstand what quantum teleportation is. No mass was teleported like they do in star trek. Instead, it is quantum states that are teleported to existing particles by way of entangled photons. The photons still had to traverse the distance at a normal velocity.

 

[Demystifier]

First, quantum teleportation teleports information (the unit is bit or qubit), not mass.
Second, teleportation is not instantaneous, so it does take certain time.

 

[Nugatory]

But what is the physical unit for teleporting a mass to a distance L? Is it also [L]/[time]?

Despite the name, quantum teleportation has nothing to do moving a mass any distance at all. This wikipedia article might be a good start if you want to umderstand what it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_teleportation

 

[vlemon265]

Oh sorry, I do not mean a quantum teleport. Actually I suppose to mean a classical teleport.
But shouldn't there be a physical unit for teleport even though it may not be applicable, and for us to disprove it

 

[Drakkith]

Oh sorry, I do not mean a quantum teleport. Actually I suppose to mean a classical teleport.
But shouldn't there be a physical unit for teleport even though it may not be applicable, and for us to disprove it

There is no such thing in classical physics so there is no unit for it. There's not even a reason to invent one. We simply don't invent units for things that don't exist. Thread locked.