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Quantum entanglement
- How Are Qubits Created and Entangled?Qubits are encoded in controllable physical systems, then entangled by interactions or gates; a Hadamard and CNOT give a standard example.
- What Is a Good QFT Text on Entanglement Entropy?For a first focused treatment of entanglement entropy in quantum field theory, start with Nishioka’s review, then follow a topic-specific reference.
- Can Quantum Entanglement Be Used for FTL Communication?Entanglement produces correlations across distance, but neither party can control the remote outcomes needed to send a faster-than-light message.
- Can a Local Operation Disentangle Two Parties?A local unitary cannot change bipartite entanglement, but a local measurement or noisy channel can destroy it. See the Bell-pair proof.
- How Does Pilot-Wave Theory Explain a Quantum Eraser?A quantum eraser is compatible with pilot-wave theory: entanglement hides fringes in the unsorted data, while postselected subsets reveal them.
- How to Distinguish Pure, Mixed, Entangled, and Separable StatesUse density-matrix purity to test pure versus mixed states, then apply entanglement criteria such as partial transpose or witnesses to bipartite states.
- Are Resonating Valence-Bond States Long-Range Entangled?RVB states are not all long-range entangled: some form topological spin liquids, while others are short-range entangled or critical.
- How Are Entanglement and the Pauli Exclusion Principle Related?Entanglement and Pauli exclusion are distinct: fermion antisymmetry restricts allowed states, while entanglement describes correlations within a state.
- How Is MPS Bond Dimension Related to Entanglement?An MPS bond of dimension D limits the Schmidt rank across its cut to D and the entanglement entropy to log D, but need not saturate either bound.
- Can a Digital Computer Simulate Quantum Entanglement to Any Precision?A classical digital computer can approximate entangled quantum systems to arbitrary precision in principle, but general simulations can require exponential resources.
- Are Electromagnetic Waves the Only Way to Transmit Information?No. Sound, mechanical motion, particles, and other physical signals can carry information; relativity limits causal signaling to at most light speed in vacuum.