MIT mathematicians tracked a droplet as it bounced through a structure inspired by the theoretical ’quantum bomb test.’ The shows the droplet’s trajectories when the ’bomb’ is present, and the right panel shows the trajectories taken when the ’bomb’ is absent. Credits : Credit: Courtesy of the researchers
MIT mathematicians tracked a droplet as it bounced through a structure inspired by the theoretical 'quantum bomb test.' The shows the droplet's trajectories when the 'bomb' is present, and the right panel shows the trajectories taken when the 'bomb' is absent. Credits : Credit: Courtesy of the researchers In a study that could help fill some holes in quantum theory, the team recreated a "quantum bomb tester" in a classical droplet test. In our everyday classical world, what you see is what you get. A ball is just a ball, and when lobbed through the air, its trajectory is straightforward and clear. But if that ball were shrunk to the size of an atom or smaller, its behavior would shift into a quantum, fuzzy reality. The ball would exist as not just a physical particle but also a wave of possible particle states.
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