The Magic of the Quantum Superposition

Normally when we think about the concept of position, we imagine something specific and measurable.
But in the world of quantum mechanics this concept becomes a little more abstract
Let's see an example in the macrometric world:

THE SCRÖDINGER'S CAT

Im sure you have heard of this, imagine that you have a cat and you put it inside a box, this box has a poison container in it, which in turn opens through a detector that has an unstable particle that can disappear at any time, if the particle disappears the poison opens and the cat dies, simple.
But for the experiment to work we have to close the box and wait.

While the box is closed the cat is in both states at the same time (no, it is not a zombie cat).
When we open the box the state of the cat will be defined.

Possibility 1	Possibility 2
Open the box and the cat is dead	Open the box and the cat is alive and probably confused because you put it in a box

Quantum physics thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe. - Erwin Schrödinger.

So with this explained, we will do something similar but with a particle.
Imagine that you are trying to measure a property of an electron, in this case its spin (I am going to skip explaining the concept of spin because it is too broad and would cover a whole post).
The spin of an electron can be positive or negative depending on which direction it turns. But sometimes you can see that it has both values ​​at the same time being the same electron and unable to divide, the only explanation is that it is in two places at the same time!

This has multiple applications in the technology that awaits us in the future, such as quantum computers whose binary values ​​could be 1 0 or 0 and 1 at the same time!

Another effect of quantum superposition is the Quantum entanglement.
It says that two particles can be connected to each other regardless of the distance that separates them, that is, if we place a particle here and another in the Andromeda galaxy that is 2573 light years from the earth (this means that a radio wave common would take 2573 years to get there) would change instantly with its counterpart.

But do not get excited this does not mean that we can pass information faster than light unfortunately this is one of the limitations of this curious effect, since we can never decide what state our particle would be in.

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