Discovery of entanglement generation by elastic collision to realise the original Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen thought experiment

The amazing quantum effect of 'entanglement' was discovered in the 1935 thought experiment by Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen ('EPR')<sup>1</sup>. The ensuing research opened up fundamental questions and led to experiments that proved that quantum theory cannot be completed by local hidden variables<sup>2-4</sup>. Remarkably, EPR did not discuss how to create the entanglement in their thought experiment. Here I add this part. What is required in the original EPR thought experiment is a simple elastic particle collision, an unbalanced mass ratio of e.g. 1:3 and initial states that are position and momentum squeezed, respectively. In the limiting case of infinite squeeze factors, the measurement of the position or momentum of one particle allows an absolutely precise conclusion to be drawn about the value of the same quantity of the other particle. The EPR idea has never been tested in this way. I outline a way to do this.

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npj Quantum Information
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2025-05-14
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-01028-7
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Quantum Mechanics and Applications
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Discovery of entanglement generation by elastic collision to realise the original Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen thought experiment

Roman Schnabel
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npj Quantum Information
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
2.49
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Discovery of entanglement generation by elastic collision to realise the original Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen thought experiment

Roman Schnabel
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Abstract

The amazing quantum effect of 'entanglement' was discovered in the 1935 thought experiment by Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen ('EPR')<sup>1</sup>. The ensuing research opened up fundamental questions and led to experiments that proved that quantum theory cannot be completed by local hidden variables<sup>2-4</sup>. Remarkably, EPR did not discuss how to create the entanglement in their thought experiment. Here I add this part. What is required in the original EPR thought experiment is a simple elastic particle collision, an unbalanced mass ratio of e.g. 1:3 and initial states that are position and momentum squeezed, respectively. In the limiting case of infinite squeeze factors, the measurement of the position or momentum of one particle allows an absolutely precise conclusion to be drawn about the value of the same quantity of the other particle. The EPR idea has never been tested in this way. I outline a way to do this.

npj Quantum InformationVol. 11(1)
Universität Hamburg (DE)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Universität Hamburg, European Research Council
Openalex Percentile: Top 12%
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
2.49
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