The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 Nobel Prize The Physics of Alan Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger “Today.
The Secretary-General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm announced that the French Alain Aspect, the American John Clauser and the Austrian Anton Zeilinger were distinguished by their discoveries about “the power of quantum mechanics.”
The Nobel jury said that the three researchers, pioneers in the study of the revolutionary mechanisms of quantum physics, were distinguished for their pioneering work in “quantum entanglement,” a state of matter in which two particles are completely linked, regardless of the distance between them. for them.
“Quantum information science is a vibrant and rapidly developing field,” said Eva Olsson, a member of the Nobel Committee, explaining that it “has broad and potential implications in areas such as secure transmission of information (data encryption), quantum computing and detection technology.”
Eva Olsson said that while physicists often tackle problems that at first glance seem a far cry from everyday concerns — tiny particles and the vast mysteries of space and time — their research provides the basis for many practical applications of science.
These complex and sometimes logic-defying mechanics, the study of which has now been granted, were predicted by quantum theory, but not believed by even Albert Einstein, in the existence of two initially united particles, like twins, that could preserve a sign of their common past and have similar and coordinated behavior about distance.
Alain Aspect belongs to the University of Paris-Saclay of France, he is 75 years old, John Closer is 79 and Anton Zeilinger of the University of Vienna is 77 years old.
According to the academy, the winners have “performed innovative experiments using entangled quantum states, in which two particles behave as a single unit, even when separated. The results have paved the way for new technologies based on quantum information.”
Anton Zeilinger’s research group “showed a phenomenon called quantum teleportation, which makes it possible to transfer a quantum state from one particle to another over a distance.”
In turn, Alan Aspect “developed a composition to bridge an important gap. It was able to change the measurement definitions after an entangled pair had left its source, so the definition that was there when it was released could not affect the result.”
John Closer “built a device that simultaneously emits two entangled photons, each toward a filter whose polarization was tested. The result was a clear violation of the Bell inequality and agreed with the predictions of quantum mechanics.”
Last year, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists – Siokoro Manabe, Klaus Haselmann and Giorgio Baresi – whose work has helped explain and predict nature’s complex forces, contributing to the understanding of climate change.
prize medicine Yesterday began a week of announcements for the Nobel Prize, followed today by the Physics Prize, with Chemistry on Wednesday and Literature on Thursday. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the Economics Prize on October 10.
The Nobel Prizes were born from the will of Swedish scientist and industrialist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) to leave a large part of his fortune to people working for a “better world”. The international standing of the Nobel Prizes is largely due to the amounts awarded, which currently amount to ten million Swedish kronor (more than 953,000 euros).
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