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This is probably a naïve question, but what examples exist of room-temperature entanglement naturally occurring? In other words, are we dealing with an entirely
by lukeqsee 13y ago
This is probably a naïve question, but what examples exist of room-temperature entanglement naturally occurring? In other words, are we dealing with an entirely new phenomena or is this a "routine" phenomena being postulated to be found in a really cool place?
- XorNot 13y agoIt's worth noting that entanglement happens pretty much all the time, all around you. Long-lived entanglement is a lab phenomenon though - it's only significant when we arrange the system so we actually preserve it for a usefully long amount of time.
- Xcelerate 13y agoYes, this is something I wish was elaborated upon more. Entanglement isn't some strange process that rarely occurs. It occurs with all particles of matter at once due to the fact that the wavefunction that describes a system is a function of all particles. It just so happens that if some portions of matter are well isolated from another portion, then you can approximate the overall wavefunction by writing it as the product of two independent wavefunctions of two subsystems. When there are noticeable effects that deviate from this approximation, that's what most articles are referring to as "entanglement".