Sentences with phrase «simultaneously know a particle»

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One of these is the uncertainty principle, which states that in the quantum world it is impossible to simultaneously know two quantities, such as a particle's location and its momentum, with complete accuracy.

First, they suggest that the two properties of a single object that can not be known simultaneously can be thought of as two streams of information encoded in the same particle.

But thanks to an eerie quantum effect known as superposition — which allows an atom, electron or other particle to exist in two or more states, such as «spinning» in opposite directions at once — a single qubit made of a particle in superposition can simultaneously encompass both digits.

The famous uncertainty principle — which states that you can't simultaneously know the momentum and position of a particle — comes down to information.

In this phenomenon, two quantum particles (in this case, particles of light known as photons) are so intimately connected that changing the quantum state of one particle simultaneously alters the state of the other particle, even when the two particles are separated in space.

Researchers who make and study plasmonic particles generally want to know and control their reactivity, so it is crucial to be able to study many individual particles simultaneously with the best resolution of time, space and energy possible.

Which sounds doable, at least in theory... but as Heisenberg observed, simultaneously knowing both the location and velocity of even a single particle is not possible, even in theory.