E ʻimi i kahi ala e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka umekaumaha me Quantum Mechanics

Jose Manuel NievesKOKOA

ʻO kekahi o nā luʻi nui loa i ka Physics o kēia wā, ʻo ia ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kumumanaʻo hoʻokahi a i ʻole 'unified' e hiki ke wehewehe i nā kānāwai āpau o ke ʻano i loko o kahi papa hoʻokahi. ʻO ka mea e hoʻopili ai i nā manaʻo nui ʻelua (a hiki ʻole ke hoʻohui ʻia) i hoʻohana ʻia e nā ʻepekema i kēia lā e hoʻomaopopo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo: Einstein's General Relativity, e wehewehe ana i ke ao holoʻokoʻa ma kahi ākea; a me Quantum Mechanics, e wehewehe ana i ko kakou honua ma ka pae atomika. No ke aha i hui pū ai kēia mau manaʻo kūleʻa ʻelua ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea pohihihi nui e kū nei i ka ʻepekema.

Inā hoʻopaʻa ʻia, e hoʻokomo ʻia kēia kumumanaʻo o ka 'ad quantum recording' i ka wehewehe macroscopic a me ka microscopic o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ʻo kā mākou e hāʻawi i kahi ʻike hohonu i nā hanana i hiki ʻole ke loaʻa i kēia lā e like me nā lua ʻeleʻele a i ʻole ka manawa i hana ʻia ai ka Universe.

Akā pehea e loaʻa ai? No kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi haneli, ua ho'āʻo nā hanauna o nā physicists me ka ʻole e noʻonoʻo i ke kumu ʻaʻole 'hana' nā kānāwai e paʻa ana i ke aupuni o ka mea liʻiliʻi loa i ka honua macroscopic a puni mākou, a me ka hope. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻopuka kahi hui o nā mea noiʻi mai Chalmers University of Technology ma Suedena, me ka American MIT, i kahi ʻatikala ma 'Nature Communications' kahi e hōʻike ai lākou i ka umekaumaha, ka ikaika i hoʻomalu i ke ao holoʻokoʻa. ʻoiaʻiʻo mai ka honua quantum. No ka hiki ʻana i kēia hopena kupaianaha, ua hoʻohana nā mea noiʻi i ka makemakika holomua a me ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo 'holographic principle'.

"ʻO kā mākou hoʻāʻo e hoʻomaopopo i nā maka o ke ʻano - wehewehe ʻo Daniel Persson, ka mea kākau kumu o ka haʻawina-, a ʻo ka ʻōlelo i kākau ʻia ai kēlā mau kānāwai he makemakika. Ke ʻimi nei mākou i nā pane i nā nīnau ma ka physics, alakaʻi pinepine lākou iā mākou i nā ʻike hou ma ka makemakika pū kekahi. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia pilina ma ka ʻimi ʻana i ka quantum gravity, kahi paʻakikī loa e hana i nā hoʻokolohua."

He laʻana o kahi hanana e koi ana i kēia ʻano wehewehe hoʻokahi o kona mau lua ʻeleʻele. Hoʻokumu ʻia kahi lua ʻeleʻele i ka wā e hāʻule ai ka hōkū kaumaha ma lalo o kona ikaika umekaumaha i hoʻopili ʻia kona nuipa a pau i kahi leo liʻiliʻi loa. ʻO ka wehewehe ʻana o ka quantum mechanics o nā lua ʻeleʻele i kona wā ʻōpiopio, akā pili ia i ka makemakika holomua kupaianaha.

Ma kēia hihia o ka manaʻo hoʻohui, wehewehe ʻia e Robert Berman, ka mea kākau mua o ka ʻatikala, "ʻo ka luʻi ka wehewehe ʻana i ka hana ʻana o ka nalu o ka gravity ma ke ʻano he 'emergent' hanana. E like me nā hanana o kēlā me kēia lā, e like me ke kahe ʻana o kahi wai, e puka mai ana mai nā neʻe ʻino o nā droplets pākahi, makemake mākou e wehewehe i ke ʻano o ka puka ʻana mai o ka umekaumaha mai ka ʻōnaehana quantum-mechanical ma ka pae microscopic.

Mai kēia ʻano, ua hōʻike nā mea noiʻi i ke ʻano o ka puka ʻana mai o ka ʻiliʻili mai kahi ʻōnaehana Quantum Mechanics kūikawā, ma ke ʻano hoʻohālike i hoʻohālikelike ʻia e ka quantum gravel i kapa ʻia ʻo 'holographic principle'.

"Me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻenehana makemakika aʻu i noiʻi mua ai," i hoʻomau ai ʻo Berman, "hiki iā mākou ke hana i ka wehewehe ʻana i ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o ka umekaumaha e ke kumu holographic, ma ke ala pololei ma mua o ka wā ma mua."

Hiki i ka mea hou ke hāʻawi i kahi ala hou e hana ai me ka ikehu pohihihi. Ma ka Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, ua wehewehe ʻia ka ʻumekaumaha he ʻano geometric. E like me ka piʻo ʻana o kahi moena hou ma lalo o ke kaumaha o ke kanaka, hiki i nā mea koʻikoʻi ke hoʻopōloli i ka manawa, ʻo ia ka 'ʻili' e hana ai i ka Universe.

Akā, e like me ke kumumanaʻo o Einstein, ʻo kahi hakahaka ʻole, ʻo ka 'vacuum state' o ke ao holoʻokoʻa, he ʻano geometric waiwai. Inā mākou e hoʻonui a nānā i kēia hakahaka me kahi microscope, e ʻike mākou i nā ʻano liʻiliʻi quantum mechanical fluctuations a i ʻole nā ​​nalu, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka ikehu ʻeleʻele, ʻo ka ikehu pohihihi i manaʻo ʻia ke kuleana no ka hoʻonui wikiwiki ʻana o ke ao holoʻokoʻa.

Hiki i ke aʻo ʻana ke alakaʻi i nā ʻike hou e pili ana i ke ala ʻana o kēia mau hawewe microscopic quantum-mechanical, a me ka pilina ma waena o ka manaʻo o Einstein no ka gravity a me quantum mechanics, kahi mea a ka poʻe ʻepekema i hoʻāʻo ai no nā makahiki he mau makahiki.

"ʻO kēia mau hopena - hoʻopau iā Persson- wehe i ka hiki ke hoʻāʻo i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ke kumu holographic, e like me ka wehewehe microscopic o nā lua ʻeleʻele. Manaʻolana mākou e hiki ke hoʻohana i kēia mau ʻike hou i ka wā e hiki mai ana e wāwahi i kahi kahua hou i ka makemakika."