Ghost physics: Signal faster than light

Charles Q. Choi

A recent study says that the events that Einstein calls "demons" can occur at speeds of 10,000 times the speed of light.

Atoms, electrons, and other fundamental particles of the universe are quite strange, quite the opposite of what we often see. For example, objects may exist at two or more locations at the same time, or simultaneously rotate in opposite directions.

A consequence of dark quantum physics is that objects can connect with each other, meaning that what happens to this object immediately affects the other object, this phenomenon is called 'quantum connection'. That's always true despite the distance between objects.

Einstein does not agree with the concept of quantum connection, he calls it 'demonic activity at a distance'. However, there are arguments that an object can emit an element or signal at high speed that affects another object, creating a sense of instantaneous.

In the past, experiments have eliminated any doubts about such signals from ancient physics. However, there is still one possibility - that the X factor can move faster than the speed of light.

Light speed (Photo: opdi-technologies)

To study this possibility, scientists in Geneva, Switzerland begin with pairs of photons or light packages. They are divided and transmitted via fiber optic cable, Swisscom provides two stations in two Swiss villages about 11 miles (18 kilometers) apart. The stations claim that each pair of photons remains connected - by analyzing a photon, scientists can predict the nature of the other photon.

Any signal moving from one station to the other in 300 milliseconds - the rate at which stations can accurately measure photons - factor X must move at a rate of 10,000 times the speed of light.

Einstein did not only dislike the concept of quantum connection, but he also said the signal could not transmit faster than light. Nicolas Gisin, a physicist at Geneva University, said that any 'spooky activity' faster than light is unreasonable. Instead, he added, 'what's interesting here is that nature can create events that occur in multiple locations'.

In a sense, events happening at the same time 'seem to happen outside of space - time, it is not something you can understand inside space - time,' Gisin said. on LiveScience. 'This is a phenomenon that the entire community of scientists is studying meticulously'.

Gisin and colleagues published their findings in the August 14 issue of the journal Nature.