Is Entanglement a New Frontier in Quantum Mechanics?

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The modern frontier of experimental quata mechanics, as well as theoretical is very entanglement centric. i teach a course for freshmen un quante mechanic, oh, quant un quant information. And that's actually part of what i have found amazing in teaching this course, is that you can sort of start talking about entanglement from day one. So im going to try to revolutionize the teaching of underground quanta mechanics by putting entanglement front and centre a lot quicker. Do you have strong feelings about the interpretation or foundations of quanta mechanics? You know, it's like a fit of fascinating topic. It's great for a sort of after dinner conversationad you get bunch

When it comes to thinking about quantum mechanics, there are levels. One level is shut-up-and-calculate: find a wave function, square it to get a probability. One level is foundational: dig deeply into the underlying ontology. But there’s a level in between, long neglected but recently coming to life. In this level you think about — or do experiments with — entangled quantum systems in the real world, putting entanglement to use. Monika Schleier-Smith is an experimental physicist specializing in cold atoms, which can be both entangled and manipulated. We discuss how to use such systems to study everything from metrology to quantum gravity.

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Monika Schleier-Smith received her Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is currently an Associate Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Among her awards are a MacArthur Fellowship, a Sloan Fellowship, and the I. I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics from the American Physical Society.

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