When and how does entanglement end?

mcdnlt · Sep 2, 2011

Suppose two particles become entangled. Are they ever dis-entangled? If so, how? If not, wow.

Thanks!

DrChinese · Sep 2, 2011

mcdnlt said:

Suppose two particles become entangled. Are they ever dis-entangled? If so, how? If not, wow.

Thanks!

When one of the pair (say Alice) is observed, it is no longer entangled on that basis (say spin or momentum). Bob will thereafter be observed to be consistent with Alice's result.

When and how does entanglement end?

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