Quantum annealer has simulated the fundamental process of false vacuum decay, opening the window to the understanding of interactions between true vacuum bubbles.Credit: Professor Zlatko Papic, University of Leeds, (Image created using Povray)
Posted on 02/08/2025 9:21:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv
· Scientists used a 5,564-qubit quantum computer to simulate and observe "false vacuum decay" — a process that could determine our Universe's ultimate fate by transitioning it to a more stable state
· The research team created and tracked quantum bubbles containing up to 306 qubits, revealing how smaller bubbles bounce around among larger ones in a complex quantum dance that persisted for over 1,000 qubit time units
· This breakthrough demonstrates how table-top quantum experiments can help us understand fundamental cosmic processes without requiring massive facilities like the Large Hadron Collider
Nearly 50 years ago, physicist Sidney Coleman proposed an intriguing idea: our universe might have cooled down into a temporarily stable "false vacuum" state after the Big Bang, rather than immediately settling into its lowest-energy "true vacuum" state. This metastable false vacuum would eventually decay into the true vacuum through a process involving the formation of expanding bubbles – much like how water vapor condenses into liquid droplets...
While the idea of a universe-wide transformation might sound alarming, scientists believe this process would take millions of years to unfold. The real significance of this research lies in its ability to study these cosmic processes in a laboratory setting.
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Quantum annealer has simulated the fundamental process of false vacuum decay, opening the window to the understanding of interactions between true vacuum bubbles.Credit: Professor Zlatko Papic, University of Leeds, (Image created using Povray)
Tiny Bubbles | 2:42
Don Ho - Topic | 1.41K subscribers | 372,809 views | July 15, 2015
It always sucks when your bubble bursts
Particularly if it’s gum.
The universe (”heaven and earth”) as we know it has about 1000 years left (Rev. 20:11, 21:1) when it will be replaced by a new and glorious heaven and earth.
Maybe quantum bubbles will help the universe to “depart as a scroll when it is rolled together” (Rev. 6:14).
They are studying AOC’s Cranial Cavity?
[likely a True Vacuum]
Is this going to happen before the Super Bowl? Cause I got money on the Chiefs!
LOL
The Bible doesn’t show the physics, but it comes to the same conclusion
Ooh, thanks for reminding me. I need to do some shopping at Costco. I have a lifelong habit of doing things at normally crowded venues during the Super Bowl.
In My Cliff Claven voice: “It’s a little-known fact that Quantum Bubbles are created when Eric Swallwell lets one rip”
dang, meant to add “While sitting in a hotub”
LOL
I wonder if the actor has ever considered a science/history podcast...
he did do a show where he went across America to interesting places to showcase them and showcase interesting facts about the places- was pretty entertaining- but he kinda faded from the scene
Made in america was the name, and he had another, on the road-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94QDhESTPkQ
he could certainly turn a childhood obsession like fart jokes into a comedy routine for adults-
Read the bible. You forgot the whole point.
Hmmm...
Here comes the typical physicists with their hands out begging for funding...
Been there... Done that...
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