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Suppose two particles become entangled. Are they ever dis-entangled? If so, how? If not, wow.
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mcdnlt said:Suppose two particles become entangled. Are they ever dis-entangled? If so, how? If not, wow.
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Entanglement can end in two ways. One way is through decoherence, which is the process of the entangled particles interacting with their environment and losing their quantum properties. The other way is through measurement, where one of the entangled particles is measured and this collapses the entanglement between them.
Decoherence occurs when the entangled particles interact with their environment, such as other particles or fields. This interaction causes the entangled particles to lose their quantum properties and become more like classical particles. As a result, the entanglement between the particles is lost.
When one of the entangled particles is measured, it collapses the entanglement between them. This is because the act of measurement causes the quantum state of the particle to become definite, and the other particle is affected by this change. As a result, the entanglement is broken.
No, entanglement cannot end without any external interference. The entangled particles need to interact with their environment or be measured in order for the entanglement to end.
It is a matter of debate among scientists whether entanglement ever truly ends. Some theories suggest that even if the entanglement is lost or broken, there may still be some residual correlation or connection between the particles. However, this has not been definitively proven and is still an area of ongoing research.