They develop quantum Simulator to study travel in time

Quantum physics simulations open new possibilities on travel in time

Quantum physics experts in Bilbao have developed a quantum simulator that allows you to study time travel, create particles faster than light, and ultimately, break the fundamental rules of physics. These types of simulations can accelerate the creation of quantum computers or design molecules that do not exist in nature.

Quantum simulation is already beginning to give the first important results. In 2012, the institute that ensures that the United States remains a global power of innovation and industry in the future, NIST, created a quantum simulator made of trapped ions that allowed the computing capacity of a quantum computer to be multiplied by 10, an important leap in the development of these technologies. A year earlier, the research team of Enrique Solano, who is a professor at Ikerbasque, published its theoretical study in which it described for the first time how to violate one of the fundamental laws of quantum physics using a simulator similar to the one in the United States. In 2013, another work of his described how to use that device to violate Einstein's theory of special relativity and study particles capable of traveling to the past.

What we achieved was the equivalent of scoring a goal before kicking the ball, that is, achieving an effect before the cause thanks to a particle that travels faster than light,” explains Solano.

The physicist compares his simulators to a “quantum theater.” Just as an actor who plays Don Quixote on stage causes him to die without being dead, the particles in the simulator cause them to travel faster than light, even if they do not actually do so.

We hope that these advances bring us a little closer to achieving time travel on a larger scale.