physicists prove you CAN get something for nothing

[MrPosti...@kymhorsell.com]

The "new" result is more gratifying than surprising to anyone in the area.
Scientists that are playing with the growing field of quantum computing
might view creating stuff out of thin nothing is not actually
"creating" because the "something" was in a sense always there.
The experiment just "actualized" or "probability amplified" whatever
into reality. This kind of thing has been predicted by physicists like
David Deutsch and called variously the "Santa Clause" or "Aladdin's Lamp"
effect. In quantum computing a well-known algorithm Grover Search
is a mini version of the idea. It changes the wave function of the
computer to maximize the chance that when a future measurement is made
it will be a required value. I.e. if you want this bit in the quantum
computer to be a "1" then "make a wish" by performing the appropriate set
of operations and then when you measure that bit it will most likely be
a "1". The real magic happens if you can find appropriate operations
in the wider world to make an unopened box contain Cheez Whiz on demand.
It's all very strange (maybe "unfortunately" is a better term
because it's so crazy in classical science terms) but seems to work.


<https://thedebrief.org/physicists-prove-you-can-make-something-out-of-nothing-by-simulating-cosmic-physics/>

Physicists Prove You Can Make Something out of Nothing by Simulating Cosmic
Physics

Christopher Plain
19 Sept 2022
The Debrief

A team of physicists says they have proven a 70-year-old quantum
theory where something can be created out of nothing.
[Importantly, with almost "zero energy down"].

An experiment designed to study the flow of "low valence" electrons
accidentally succeeded in producing an analog of particle-antiparticle
pairs where nothing had previously existed, using only an electric
field and the nearly magical properties of the 2-D material graphene.
The experiment was performed in Jan by a research team working at
the University of Machester.

Previous theories held that such a process could only take place in
ultra-high energy environments like the vicinity of a black hole or
the center of a neutron star. However, the latest breakthrough was
performed using standard lab equipment.

Schwinger Effect Theorized over 50 Years Ago

In physics, there are situations where individual particles can be
manipulated to create additional particles seemingly from nothing.
For example, if you take a quantum particle known as a meson and try to
rip away its quark, a brand new set of particle-antiparticle pairs
will emerge between them from the nothingness of empty space. Still,
this situation involves starting with something-a meson-and creating
more `somethings' from it.

But back in 1951, Julian Schwinger, one of the founders of quantum
electrodynamics and a 1964 Nobel Prize-winning physicist, suggested
that creating matter from empty space should be possible, even if
there is nothing there to begin with, as long as you perturb that
empty space with a strong enough electric field. Since then, this
completely theoretical concept has been known simply as the Schwinger
effect. Now, a team of researchers has shown this effect is real by
essentially creating something out of pure nothingness.

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--
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
- Marie Curie