According to recent
findings presented by physicists at the American Physical Society's meeting on
April 17, conducting a quantum experiment near a black hole can lead to
paradoxes, as the black hole's mere presence disrupts all quantum states in its
vicinity. This discovery arises from a thought experiment that tests the rules
of quantum mechanics and black holes against each other. If a quantum
experiment is conducted near a black hole, it could potentially reveal
information about the black hole's interior, which contradicts what physics
currently permits. However, the team proposes that the way around this paradox
is for the black hole to annihilate any quantum states that come close to it.
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| Black holes have long been recognized for their ability to bend space and time in their proximity, producing spectacular visual effects such as the striking light patterns depicted in this illustration. Recent discoveries indicate that black holes also distort quantum states in their vicinity, further expanding their influence over the fundamental workings of the universe. |
This destruction of
quantum states may have implications for future theories of quantum gravity,
which aim to unite quantum mechanics and general relativity. The team's
theoretical physicist, Gautam Satishchandran of Princeton University, explains
that the goal is to leverage the properties of these theories to investigate
aspects of the fundamental theory of quantum gravity.
The team's experiment
involves a thought experiment in which a person, Alice, conducts the
double-slit experiment in a lab orbiting a black hole, while another person,
Bob, is situated inside the black hole's event horizon. When Bob observes which
slit Alice's particle went through, the particle's quantum state collapses,
leading to a paradox in which nothing inside a black hole should affect the
outside. Despite this paradox, the laws of physics behave similarly inside and
outside the event horizon.
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