CERN Detects Quantum Entanglement in Particles Born From The Higgs Boson

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CERN Detects Quantum Entanglement in Particles Born From The Higgs Boson

https://www.sciencealert.com/cern-detects-quantum-entanglement-in-particles-born-from-the-higgs-boson

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Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider analyzed collision debris and found strong evidence of quantum entanglement between a pair of Z bosons produced by a decaying Higgs boson. The measurement reached a statistical significance of 4.7 sigma, involving elementary particles functioning as qutrits.

This observation marks the first time entanglement has been measured using three-state systems rather than standard qubits. The findings also provide new insights into the behavior of virtual particles, offering researchers a deeper understanding of fundamental quantum mechanics and high-energy particle interactions.

Something spooky has been spotted in CERN's Large Hadron Collider.

In the cascade of debris that sprays out from high-energy collisions in the world's most powerful particle collider, physicists have found strong evidence of a phenomenon Albert Einstein famously called "spooky action at a distance".

It's not the first time quantum entanglement has been detected at the LHC – but this time, it's somewhere new.

Now, scientists have found the first strong evidence of entanglement between a pair of Z bosons produced in the decay of a Higgs boson – their spins so inextricably linked that one cannot be fully described without the other.

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https://www.sciencealert.com/cern-detects-quantum-entanglement-in-particles-born-from-the-higgs-boson