Conventional wisdom would say no — quantum mechanics washes out in large objects, and we macroscopic beings in the macroscopic world are not privy to the incredible quantum phenomena underpinning everything around us. However, like a lot of conventional wisdom, this is not entirely true. Quantum ‘entanglement’, the definitive essence of quantum mechanics, looms large over the behavior of certain macroscopic objects; objects that you can see with your eyes and hold in your hands. I will describe one of the first papers¹ that demonstrated this, in a fascinating class of materials called ‘quantum magnets’. Incidentally, this influential paper, written in 2006, was coauthored by Anton Zeilinger, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2022 together with Alain Aspect and John Clauser for his work on quantum entanglement.
Beyond Euclidean Geometry: NSphere and its Implications in Quantum Physics
Introduction Euclidean geometry has been the foundation of our understanding of space for centuries. However, as our knowledge of the universe has expanded, it…