Wormholes and Quantum Entanglement One and the Same

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http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5181/20131204/wormholes-and-quantum-entanglement-one-and-the-same.htm

Wormholes and Quantum Entanglement One and the Same

By Tamarra Kemsley
Dec 04, 2013 05:03 PM EST

Quantum entanglement may be linked to the hypothetical shortcuts through space-time known as wormholes, researchers from the University of Washington suggest in a new study.

Published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the report proposes a possible bridge between quantum mechanics and classical geometry -- "two different mathematical mathematical machineries to go after the same physical process," according to co-author and physics professor Andreas Karch.

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The new study, which corroborates one carried out by Princeton's Juan Martin Maldacena and Stanford's Leanoard Susskind, indicates that entanglement and wormholes "are equivalent descriptions of the same physics." the authors wrote.

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1. You can’t get entangled without a wormhole: Implications for gravity

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/you-cant-get-entangled-without-a-wormhole-1205.html

You can’t get entangled without a wormhole
MIT physicist finds the creation of entanglement simultaneously gives rise to a wormhole.
Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office

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Now an MIT physicist has found that, looked at through the lens of string theory, the creation of two entangled quarks — the building blocks of matter — simultaneously gives rise to a wormhole connecting the pair.

The theoretical results bolster the relatively new and exciting idea that the laws of gravity holding together the universe may not be fundamental, but arise from something else: quantum entanglement.

Julian Sonner, a senior postdoc in MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Center for Theoretical Physics, has published his results in the journal Physical Review Letters, where it appears together with a related paper by Kristan Jensen of the University of Victoria and Andreas Karch of the University of Washington.

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This is where quantum entanglement could play a role. It might appear that the concept of entanglement — one of the most fundamental in quantum mechanics — is in direct conflict with general relativity: Two entangled particles, “communicating” across vast distances, would have to do so at speeds faster than that of light — a violation of the laws of physics, according to Einstein. It may therefore come as a surprise that using the concept of entanglement in order to build up space-time may be a major step toward reconciling the laws of quantum mechanics and general relativity.

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2. ‘Spooky action’ builds a wormhole between ‘entangled’ particles

http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/12/03/spooky-action-builds-a-wormhole-between-entangled-particles/

December 3, 2013
‘Spooky action’ builds a wormhole between ‘entangled’ particles
Vince Stricherz

Quantum entanglement, a perplexing phenomenon of quantum mechanics that Albert Einstein once referred to as “spooky action at a distance,” could be even spookier than Einstein perceived.

Physicists at the University of Washington and Stony Brook University in New York believe the phenomenon might be intrinsically linked with wormholes, hypothetical features of space-time that in popular science fiction can provide a much-faster-than-light shortcut from one part of the universe to another.

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The work demonstrates an equivalence between quantum mechanics, which deals with physical phenomena at very tiny scales, and classical geometry – “two different mathematical machineries to go after the same physical process,” Karch said. The result is a tool scientists can use to develop broader understanding of entangled quantum systems.

“We’ve just followed well-established rules people have known for 15 years and asked ourselves, ‘What is the consequence of quantum entanglement?’”

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3. This makes me want to start writing time travel fiction again

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4. Or time travel non-fiction.

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5. Well, exactly. The ever-thinning line between the two always gets more intriguing!

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6. Is this evidence of an extra dimension?

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7. It suggests something of the sort.

Or that the universe is entangled with itself from it's origins, or some such thing. It suggests something going on "outside", or inside the black holes if you prefer.

I am wondering what "entanglement is equivalent to classical geometry" means? That seems like a stunner to me. I'd like to see the math. May have to look it up, but I'll wait for someone to explain it better first.