Quantum weirdness applies to sound as well as to light and atomic particles

[DrewPaul]

Physicists split bits of sound using quantum mechanics​

Physicists split bits of sound using quantum mechanics

New experiments put phonons — the tiniest bits of sound — into quantum mechanical superpositions and show they are as weird as other quantum entities.

www.sciencenews.org

You can’t divide the indivisible, unless you use quantum mechanics. Physicists have now turned to quantum effects to split phonons, the smallest bits of sound, researchers report in the June 9 Science.

It’s a breakthrough that mirrors the sort of quantum weirdness that’s typically demonstrated with light or tiny particles like electrons and atoms (SN: 7/27/22). The achievement may one day lead to sound-based versions of quantum computers or extremely sensitive measuring devices. For now, it shows that mind-bending quantum weirdness applies to sound as well as it does to light.

In someways its not a surprise. Wouldn't it be more shocking if the smallest bits of sound operated differently than light? However it might give strength to the hypothesis our reality isn't real (or isn't base reality). Its like the virtual worlds we create that act right at the macro level but get fuzzy once we zoom into the bit level.

 

[HIP56948]

Seems like it would have to be much, much higher frequencies in order to evaluate the experiment. (Not my field)

 

[Mr Person]

And to be clear, these aren't discrete particles.

Phonon - Wikipedia

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[Indydave]

Physicists split bits of sound using quantum mechanics​

Physicists split bits of sound using quantum mechanics

New experiments put phonons — the tiniest bits of sound — into quantum mechanical superpositions and show they are as weird as other quantum entities.

www.sciencenews.org

You can’t divide the indivisible, unless you use quantum mechanics. Physicists have now turned to quantum effects to split phonons, the smallest bits of sound, researchers report in the June 9 Science.

It’s a breakthrough that mirrors the sort of quantum weirdness that’s typically demonstrated with light or tiny particles like electrons and atoms (SN: 7/27/22). The achievement may one day lead to sound-based versions of quantum computers or extremely sensitive measuring devices. For now, it shows that mind-bending quantum weirdness applies to sound as well as it does to light.

In someways its not a surprise. Wouldn't it be more shocking if the smallest bits of sound operated differently than light? However it might give strength to the hypothesis our reality isn't real (or isn't base reality). Its like the virtual worlds we create that act right at the macro level but get fuzzy once we zoom into the bit level.

the obsolescence of humans is inevitable