2006-11-27 12:53:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It's called "quantum entanglement" in which the quantum states of particles generated from an event are always "connected". If a reaction produces a particle pair of opposite spins, those particles will always have opposite spins no matter where they are located. So if you "flip" one, the other must flip instantly.
2006-11-27 13:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are called "entangled" particles, and I don't think they have to be quarks. They have been made from both photons and bosons I believe. Basically you are "teleporting" the state of the particle from one to another. I might be wrong.
2006-11-27 13:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by Chance20_m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This phenomenon is known as the Einstein Podolsky, Rosen Paradox.
2006-11-27 13:01:15 · answer #3 · answered by ksway07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gp4rts is right. I've heard (I hear a lot of science rumors) that any interaction between either entangled particle and a third particle destroys the entangled state.
2006-11-27 14:53:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The common name for this phenomenon is "spooky action at a distance."
2006-11-27 13:06:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
quarks
2006-11-27 12:56:29 · answer #6 · answered by chanel217 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋