I Can Meet with Dead Scientists

Chapter 422 - 216: Particle’s Love (10,000-word update!!!)_3

Nowadays, as time goes by, many crises have gradually been resolved, and the first three of the four mythical beasts have already been defeated.

By 2022, only Schrödinger’s transcendent cat remains, still active in the crevices of Quantum mechanics.

As for Schrödinger’s cat...

Many people think that the subject of this experiment is only a cat, without any auxiliary components.

That’s to say, putting the cat in a box and leaving it alone, if we don’t open the box, we won’t know if it’s alive or dead.

But in reality.

The process of this experiment is far from simple, otherwise, Schrödinger wouldn’t be called a cat abuser.

According to Schrödinger’s hypothesis.

He first put a cat into a closed, opaque box, which contained a radioactive atom (with a 50% decay probability).

Plus a particle detection device, a bottle of deadly substance, and a hammer.

If the radioactive substance decays, the particle detector can receive the particles emitted by the decay.

Then it sends a signal to have the hammer smash the bottle containing the deadly substance, making the cat certainly die.

If the particles don’t decay, the cat will live.

In other words, the cat’s state is determined by whether the particles decay.

According to Classical Physics, one of these two outcomes must occur in the box, and external observers can only know the result inside by opening the box.

Whereas in the quantum world.

When the box is closed, the entire system maintains an uncertain wave state, meaning the cat’s life and death are superimposed.

The cat’s fate must be determined by opening the box, i.e., when the external observer observes, substances manifest as particles.

Actually.

The original intention of Schrödinger proposing this thought experiment was not to prove anything.

He was merely expressing dissatisfaction with Bonn’s statistical interpretation and sarcasm towards the Copenhagen explanation.

Yet, as the saying goes, "Unintentionally planting willows, willows grow shade."

This cat-abuser used the experiment to connect the microscopic and macroscopic, extending quantum behavior to the macroscopic world, thereby proving the existence form of quantum when observation intervenes.

The experiment successfully shifted the discussion from the microscopic uncertainty principle to the macroscopic uncertainty principle, where objective laws don’t transfer with human will, and the cat being both alive and dead defies the logic of the macroscopic world.

The further extension of this experiment is the concept of entangled states.

That is.

After those particles’ ’ancestors’ are observed.

This information will be transmitted through messenger particles... namely, gauge bosons, to the microscopic world.

All similar particles, no matter in which corner of the universe, will ’know’ they are being observed.

This involves the mystery of the comoving coordinates and cosmic scale factors, even the particles themselves don’t know much about it.

Then under the guidance of Baryon 4685Λ.

followed her to the side of the particles.

He has always been a gentle and humble particle, and over the years, he has made many close friends among particles.

Therefore, seeing 4396 arrive, the numerous particles were happy, after all, it was everyone’s last gathering.

"Welcome back, 4396!"

"4396, when you hadn’t returned, 4685 almost swapped quarks in a panic!"

"4396, sit here, sit here..."

greeted all the particles in return, finally sitting beside a Little Fatty with 4685.

Under the repulsion of weak interactions, Little Fatty moved slightly to the side, saying to 4396:

"You’re back?"

nodded and asked:

"When did you arrive?"

Little Fatty gestured in a certain direction with his chin, the sky still faintly showing some orbital traces:

"0.8X10^-14 seconds ago, as soon as we felt the nuclear world collapse, we rushed here."

nodded thoughtfully.

The particles on the grass form a closely-knit small group, without distinctions of status or worth.

There are direct descendants from big families and particles from obscure humble backgrounds.

For example, the Little Fatty talking with 3496, is a composite boson.

He was born from the famous Strong Particle Race, which was observed as early as 65 years ago, considered to come from a distinguished family.

But compared to his ancestors, Little Fatty’s situation is more special:

His structure contains a special Z boson, carrying a great deal of special information, making him the particle with the heaviest mission of this generation.

So, for a long time, he’s been clamoring that if he wasn’t observed, it would embarrass his parents.

Then 4396 turned his head, looking at a girl 3X10^-16 meters away from him, smiling:

"Cancan, are you nervous?"

Hearing this, the girl opened her mouth, initially wanting to forcibly say she wasn’t nervous, but finally just nodded gently:

"Yes, a bit."

She is a special Double Charm Quark Baryon, with a charming profile from a Charm Quark giving her long black hair, appearing somewhat like a mature woman.

She has only been observed three times since her ancestors, with an average of 14.3 billion quark combinations required to produce a Double Charm Quark Baryon.

Therefore, saying she isn’t nervous is absolutely impossible.

Seeing this, 4396 wanted to pat her on the shoulder and offer comfort.

But he quickly realized he couldn’t make contact with other particles.

Then 4396 looked again at 4685 beside him, for some reason, he felt his childhood playmate was somewhat unusual today.

Actually.

The reason these particles gathered here was mainly due to a long-ago agreement: