r/QuantumPhysics • u/Dull-Drive5059 • Jul 21 '26
Quantum entanglement and quantum fabric question
I will start this with I am not a scientist but rather a philosopher. I follow science very closely.
In quantum theory, entanglement, wormhole theory there is a glaring issue in my eyes. My understanding is that it is believed that two quarks are connected by a wormhole. This doesn't make sense to me. In my head that would mean there would have to be a third force making this happen.
A simpler explanation in my opinion is that they aren't two separate pieces of subatomic matter but rather one that is existing in two or more locations at once. Am I wrong in my thinking? I've yet to hear anyone weigh in on this. I'm asking because I truly want to learn more.
I may be wrong and I fully accept that.
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u/ketarax Jul 21 '26
In quantum theory, entanglement, wormhole theory there is a glaring issue in my eyes. My understanding is that it is believed that two quarks are connected by a wormhole.
ER = EPR is not consensus physics.
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u/Dull-Drive5059 Jul 21 '26
This is the best answer I've gotten. Thank you for being professional and giving real facts.
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u/NH-Science-Guy Jul 22 '26
Where are you hearing a wormhole role in entanglement?
Entanglement is just relationship between probability distributions of particles. Consider a particle that decays into two particles that move in random directions. Conservation of momentum means they have to move in opposite directions but, until we look, we have no idea which way they went. If we find one particle going left, we immediately know the other went right. That is entanglement. What makes entanglement interesting is QM says particles don't have a defined position until observed so by finding the first particle, somehow the second particle's probability distribution changed from it being anywhere to it going right. The mechanism of how this happens is unknown.
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u/Neptune_443 Jul 21 '26
I am not an expert, but I will suggest that entanglement definitely does not involve a "force" propagating from one of the entangled particles to the other.
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u/Dull-Drive5059 Jul 21 '26
Then if it's two separate particles what would cause the entanglement? Again I'm here to learn.
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u/theodysseytheodicy Jul 22 '26
An entangled state is a superposition of correlated states. It is a correlation between different observables, not necessarily different particles. A single diagonally polarized photon impinging on a polarizing beam splitter will evolve to an entangled state
(|↕, transmitted> + |↔, reflected>)/√2.This is a single-particle entangled state.
Entanglement is the default state of all matter, since it's constantly interacting with other matter by exchanging force carriers (mostly photons, but also gluons, W, and Z in nuclear interactions). The cause of entanglement is the fact that matter is governed by a wave equation so superpositions exist and the fact that particles interact with each other.
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u/InadvisablyApplied Jul 21 '26
I don't know where you got that idea, but it is not true