A new state of matter called a time crystal has been created inside a quantum computer created by Google.
like new worldThis state of matter was first predicted in 2012 by physicist Frank Wilczek. Got the nobal gift, plus the four states we already know: Solid, liquid, gaseous and plasma.
Although many physicists consider it impossible, a team of researchers from Google, Stanford, Princeton, and other universities have used Google’s quantum computer, Sycamore, to prove the existence of time crystals.
What is crystal time?
temporal crystals A new phase of matter violates the traditional laws of thermodynamics in two main points.
1. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
As shown futuristic, it’s weird in physics because it doesn’t give off energy when it changes state. “The result is incredible: you are escaping the second law of thermodynamics‘,” confirms Rodrich Mosner, co-author of the study and director of the Max Planck Institute. Thermodynamics proves it System energy tends to scatter When the state changes, rule that the crystals do not follow.
2. Material stability
But their privacy does not end there Since then, like Quantamagasin He points out that time crystals are the first things that break the physical rule that a stable object will remain the same over time (a pebble remains a pebble), which is called “temporal transition symmetry“In fact, time crystal is stable and ever-changing, a concept that is a bit difficult to imagine.
Google’s computer had created a time crystal
in a Pre-publication study (Before undergoing peer review and official publication) Google researchers and physicists from Princeton, Stanford and other universities say they have been able to create crystal time sycamore l ‘Google quantum computer.
For those who are wondering what that means in terms of discovery, the main thing is to prove it Quantum computers could make it possible to study the intrinsic dynamics of matter in detail.
If a pre-release post has passed expert review And if someone could use these time crystals in a practical way, it would prove that quantum computers can actually do just that. What scientists believe they can do without having had proof since their inception.
