Spyke
atro_city
fedia.io

So what does this all mean? Is a time machine just around the corner?

Sadly, no. Our experiment is fully explained by standard physics.

But it does show that negative dwell time is not an artefact. However paradoxical it may seem, it has a directly measurable effect on the atomic cloud that the photon traverses. And it reminds us that there are still lands to discover on the odyssey that is quantum research.

I was awaiting on an explanation... now I'm just left wondering.

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Avicennareply
programming.dev

That is how %100 of physics articles with cool names feel like, you usually end up with something like "we measured a slightly different voltage which in this context is a signal for the existence of parallel universes"

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sorter_plainview
lemmy.today

So what does this all mean? Is a time machine just around the corner?

Sadly, no. Our experiment is fully explained by standard physics.

But it does show that negative dwell time is not an artefact. However paradoxical it may seem, it has a directly measurable effect on the atomic cloud that the photon traverses. And it reminds us that there are still lands to discover on the odyssey that is quantum research.

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OwOarchistreply
pawb.social

However paradoxical it may seem, it has a directly measurable effect on the atomic cloud that the photon traverses

So ... a proton exits this 'atomic cloud' before it enters?

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Inucunereply
lemmy.world

Are we potentially getting close to detecting if a tackyon exists?

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MalReynoldsreply
slrpnk.net

Seems pretty standard model still, more interesting behavior hiding in the indeterminance principle. Still, negative time hints at negative energy which could certainly change the game.

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OwOarchistreply
pawb.social

negative time hints at negative energy

Energy = mass, and negative mass would have some really bonkers paradoxical behavior...

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MalReynoldsreply
slrpnk.net

Including the aforementioned time travel via stabilization of wormholes ala Morris–Thorne...

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NatakuNoxreply
lemmy.world

No, it's a video of the moment the two scientist measured negative time....

It's from the Movie TENET

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korda
aussie.zone

Oh no, it’s the plot from Outer Wilds! Don’t go breaking spacetime.

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KingGimpicusreply
sh.itjust.works

Well, part of the plot anyways. Im pretty sure we save spacetime from the big cold dark in the end. Or something.

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Libb
piefed.social

Haven't many people experienced that? It's called scrolling on social media, right?

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Get_Off_My_WLANreply
fedia.io

I think that's time dilation, when your 10 minutes on the phone was actually an hour.

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