Physicists Propose Method for Entangling Moving Material Particles
Friday, January 16, 2009 - 12:07
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- When physicists experiment with quantum entanglement, they usually work with photons, the intangible particles of light. In the past few years, however, scientists have begun to broaden their experiments by entangling material particles. By seeing how far this quantum property extends into the classical realm, researchers can investigate the implications of entanglement in the macroscopic world, such as our intuitive assumptions of “realism” - that objects exist whether or not anyone observes them - and “locality” - that objects cannot communicate with each other faster than the speed of light.