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I'm probably paranoid, but this sounds similar in some respects

Any way, happy reading:

But new findings, especially a recent "entangled photon" experiment at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, testing conservation of momentum in photons, has provided Cramer with what he believes is reason for challenging what had been an untestable, standard assumption of quantum mechanics.
The UW physicists plan to modify the Austrians' experiment to see if they can demonstrate communication between two entangled photons. At the quantum level, photons exist as both particles and waves. Which form they take is determined by how they are measured.
"We're going to shoot an ultraviolet laser into a (special type of) crystal, and out will come two lower-energy photons that are entangled," Cramer said.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/292378_timeguy15.html
 
It's different. In Half-Life the crystal was placed into an Anti-Mass spectrometer, wasn't it?
 
Quantum Physics scares me D:
 
OH SHI-
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That's what they always do to make entangled photons though...you shoot a photon through something like beta barium borate and it splits into two entangled photons with longer wavelengths than the original photon. What's the difference between this experiment and regular parametric down-conversion?
 
Someone should email and ask if there's a possibility of a resonance cascade. If they respond in the affirmative, then Greatgat needs to move to the lab and become a scientist.
 
Pretty cool, dude.

Know, if only the USA declassifies all that information about the 'secret base' in Nervada...
 
"We're going to shoot an ultraviolet laser into a (special type of) crystal, and out will come two lower-energy photons that are entangled," Cramer said.
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One of the paradoxes of interest to Cramer is known as "entanglement." It's also known as the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox, named for the three scientists who described its apparent absurdity as an argument against quantum theory.
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Facts known about Freeman include that he is 27 years old at the time of Half-Life, has no dependents, and is a graduate of MIT, having earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics. His thesis was titled Observation of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglement on Supraquantum Structures by Induction Through Nonlinear Transuranic Crystal of Extremely Long Wavelength (ELW) Pulse from Mode-Locked Source Array (the teleportation of matter through extremely dense elements).
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We're all going to die. I'm emailing them.
 
Post reply here. :p


And call the marines.
 
The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox was the one thing that kept Einstein from believing in quantum physics, or that it was a complete theory. He referred to entanglement as "spooky action at a distance," and didn't like it because it should be impossible for one entangled photon to transmit information to the other instantaneously, despite its distance. It implies that it's sending information faster than the speed of light, which can't be done. I think Freeman was trying to prove them wrong.

But don't trip guys, Gordon Freeman left Innsbruck 'cause they didn't have the funds or the resources to do anything major. We're not in any danger yet.

Now, if we hear about any government-funded private research institutes conducting a similar experiment, sound the alarms.
 
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