Schrödinger's Cat: Where Does The Entanglement Come From?
Schrödinger's cat is one of the most striking paradoxes of quantum mechanics that reveals the counterintuitive aspects of the microscopic world. Here, I discuss the paradox in the framework of quantum information. Using a quantum networks formalism, I analyse the information flow between the a...
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Schrödinger's cat is one of the most striking paradoxes of quantum mechanics that reveals the counterintuitive aspects of the microscopic world. Here, I discuss the paradox in the framework of quantum information. Using a quantum networks formalism, I analyse the information flow between the atom and the cat. This reveals that the atom and the cat are connected only through a classical information channel: the detector clicks → the poison is released → the cat is killed. No amount of local operations and classical communication can entangle the atom and the cat, which are initially in a separable state. This casts a new light on the paradox.
Quanta 2017; 6: 57–60.
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| spelling | doaj-art-fa8838e216d447c1a8a6691f8f866d612025-08-20T02:09:37ZengQuantaQuanta1314-73742017-10-01610.12743/quanta.v6i1.6433Schrödinger's Cat: Where Does The Entanglement Come From?Radu Ionicioiu0Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering Schrödinger's cat is one of the most striking paradoxes of quantum mechanics that reveals the counterintuitive aspects of the microscopic world. Here, I discuss the paradox in the framework of quantum information. Using a quantum networks formalism, I analyse the information flow between the atom and the cat. This reveals that the atom and the cat are connected only through a classical information channel: the detector clicks → the poison is released → the cat is killed. No amount of local operations and classical communication can entangle the atom and the cat, which are initially in a separable state. This casts a new light on the paradox. Quanta 2017; 6: 57–60. https://dankogeorgiev.com/ojs/index.php/quanta/article/view/33 |
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