Roger, Hopefully, here is my attempt at a concise mini-explanation:
They have managed to create a Schroedinger's cat state in a macroscopic system (not as large as a cat, but pretty big) and managed to transfer it over a distance of nearly two feet at room temperature to another macroscopic system. My guess is that ten years ago this would have been deemed almost impossible because the large size and high-temp should have "collapsed" the quantum state before it could be transferred. It may be that macroscopic quantum coherent states persist in other seemingly inhospitable environments also - possibly relevant to LENR experiments. -- Lou Pagnucco Roger wrote: > That really sounds interesting. I don't suppose you would like to > translate that in non-mensa-ese. > > Roger > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:04 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> A very remarkable achievement -- >> >> Quantum teleportation done between distant large objects >> >> >> http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/jun/11/quantum-teleportation-done-between-distant-large-objects >> >> "...Their experimental set-up involves two room-temperature samples of >> caesium-133 gas held in glass containers and separated by about 50 cm. >> The >> aim of the experiment is to use light to teleport the collective quantum >> spin state of 10^12 atoms from one container to the other...." >> >> >> >
