Can Quanum Systems Help With Non Local Interactions?

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monica schleier: Having programmable non local interactions a is a great way to start exploring, does this quantum system give you a way of efficiently solving certain classes of problems that are known bhard classically. We see some evidence that we have a way of kind of naturally generating what look like low temperature states of this interacting spin model a. One area where there's been in this field of cold atomsa substantial progress in the past few years is the ability to really scalably create arrays of individually trapped atoms. Is it just need time in in individual 500 square foot labs, and eventually we'll get to the point where you loe more money? Monica Schleier:

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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