Deepak Menon
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G.S. Jennsen:
Good to be connected with you G.S. - Would a Bell Measurement of a Quantum Particle affect an entangled particle spontaneously across the Universe without violating the constraints of Eisenstein's constraints regarding the velocity of light, considering that 'information' would necessarily have to be sent to the entangled particle after the Bell measurement was done?
G.S. Jennsen
First off, disclaimer: While I follow astrophysics as a hobby (and for my writing), I am definitely not a physicist, so this is a layman's answer.
If I understand your question correctly, the experiment conducted in March of this year strongly suggests the answer is yes. It's discussed here: http://factor-tech.com/connected-worl..., here: http://mashable.com/2015/03/29/einste... and here: http://www.iflscience.com/physics/uni....
Of course, one of the interesting aspects of quantum entanglement is that, while you supposed the information "would necessarily have to be sent to the entangled particle after the Bell measurement was done," the theory suggests that, somehow, the information isn't actually "sent" at all.
It's a mind-bender, and there's a reason even Einstein couldn't accept the implications :).
If I understand your question correctly, the experiment conducted in March of this year strongly suggests the answer is yes. It's discussed here: http://factor-tech.com/connected-worl..., here: http://mashable.com/2015/03/29/einste... and here: http://www.iflscience.com/physics/uni....
Of course, one of the interesting aspects of quantum entanglement is that, while you supposed the information "would necessarily have to be sent to the entangled particle after the Bell measurement was done," the theory suggests that, somehow, the information isn't actually "sent" at all.
It's a mind-bender, and there's a reason even Einstein couldn't accept the implications :).
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