Prototype chip with a 128-qubit adiabatic quantum processor developed by D-Wave Systems, Inc. in 2009
Embezzling funds is illegal everywhere, but embezzling quantum records may not be. And that may be the key to the complicated intertwining. It’s a mathematical abstraction, but it could pave the way for a “criminal underworld of physics.”
A team of physicists from the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, have identified fields that could be key players in an unusual “quantum heist”, as described by .
But to understand this, we need to go back to the beginning of the last century, when quantum computing researcher Wim van Dam and the physical Patrick Hayden described a process they called “entanglement,” or “entanglement” by embezzlement, the name given to the light-fingered approach that some systems could take to combine their numbers without leaving a trace.
In mathematical terms, it is possible to show that some quantum transformations are more subtle than others. One type of change returns to a state that does not appear to have been disturbed, for example.
Described as one kind of catalyst, This inversion allows computation operations that would not be possible in cases where the final states are changed.
The authors of the Leibniz University, published in Physical Review Lettershave now demonstrated algebraically that a combination of general relativity and quantum field theory can result in a bottomless pit of catalysts.
In theory, a relativistic quantum field could beserve as an infinite embezzlement resourcebecoming entangled with particles in ways that would not alter their delicate states.
“Since the bank is in the same state before and after the diversion, this means that no one can detect it,” researcher van Luijk explained to . “It’s the perfect crime.”
To become a practical system, it would be necessary to identify a physical equivalent of a suitable field. At this time, the interlacing deviation It’s more of a mathematical abstraction than a “how to” guide for silently steal the Universe.
However, knowing that infinite levels of entanglement may be occurring naturally in absolute nothingness can point the way to an entire “criminal underworld of physics”as Science Alert describes. It’s best to stay alert.
