*In conclusion, we have demonstrated quantum entanglement between two 
photons that do not share coexistence. Although one photon is measured even 
before the other is created, full quantum correlations were observed **by 
measuring the density matrix of the two photons, conditioned on the result 
of the projecting measurement.*

A demonstration of retrocausation (retrodependency). 

@philipthrift

On Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 5:17:07 PM UTC-5, Lawrence Crowell wrote:
>
> This is interesting, where photons that existed at different times can be 
> entangled.
>
> https://arxiv.org/pdf/1209.4191.pdf
>
> Entanglement Between Photons that have Never Coexisted 
>
> E. Megidish, A. Halevy, T. Shacham, T. Dvir, L. Dovrat, and H. S. 
> Eisenberg 
>
> Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 
> 91904, Israel 
>
> The role of the timing and order of quantum measurements is not just a 
> fundamental question of quantum mechanics, but also a puzzling one. Any 
> part of a quantum system that has finished evolving, can be measured 
> immediately or saved for later, without affecting the final results, 
> regardless of the continued evolution of the rest of the system. In 
> addition, the non-locality of quantum mechanics, as manifested by 
> entanglement, does not apply only to particles with spatial separation, but 
> also with temporal separation. Here we demonstrate these principles by 
> generating and fully characterizing an entangled pair of photons that never 
> coexisted. Using entanglement swapping between two temporally separated 
> photon pairs we entangle one photon from the first pair with another photon 
> from the second pair. The first photon was detected even before the other 
> was created. The observed quantum correlations manifest the non-locality of 
> quantum mechanics in spacetime. 
>

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