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Cramer Symposium September 11, 2009

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1957-1969 ●  Non-Conservation of Parity in the Beta Decay of 8Li (Rice Univ., Sigma-Xi Award winning MA Thesis, 1959)

●  Conserved Vector Current in the Beta Decays of 12B and 12N (Rice Univ., PhD Thesis, 1961)

●  Angular Correlation in the (a, a’ g) Reaction on Even-Even Nuclei (explained angle dependence) (Indiana University)

●  Bringing the UW Tandem 3-Stage Tandem Van de Graaff and SDS-930 Online Computer System into operation (UW)

●  Phase Correlations in Alpha Particle Inelastic Scattering (direct-reaction compound-nucleus competition) (UW)

●  Isobaric Analogue Resonances in Closed-Shell Nuclei (UW)

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1969-1979 ●  Inelastic Scattering to 1- States through Isobaric Analogue Resonances (UW)

●  Proposal, Design, and Construction of the UW Lamb-Shift Polarized Ion Source (UW)

●  Polarized Proton Scattering through Isobaric Analogue Resonances (UW)

●  Isospin Reactions with Heavy Ions (UW)

●  (12C, 8Be) Transfer Reactions (U Munich, UW)

●  Antimatter supernovas PRL (1977)

●  Energy-Dependent Heavy Ion Elastic Scattering (global optical potentials) (UW, ORNL)

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1979-1989 ●  Nuclear Rainbow Scattering with Heavy Ions and the “Notch-Test” (UW, LBNL, HMI-Berlin, MSU)

●  Sub-Coulomb 16O Scattering and Wave-Equation Tests (UW)

●  The Transition from Light to Heavy Ion Scattering (UW, LBNL, HMI-Berlin, MSU)

●  The Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (HMI-Berlin, UW)

●  Begin writing bi-monthly “Alternate View” popular science columns for Analog Science Fiction/Fact Magazine (AV#01-36).

●  Proposal, Design, and Construction of the UW Superconducting Booster (UW, 1984-1987)

●  Hard SF Novel Twistor (Wm. Morrow, 1989)

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1989-1999 ●  Experiment NA35 (LBNL, CERN)

●  Experiment NA49 (MPI-Munich, CERN)

●  Proposal, Design, and Construction of the STAR Experiment (UW, LBNL, BNL)

●  Natural Wormholes & Gravitational Lensing (1995)

●  Formation of the HBT Physics Working Group in STAR

●  Theoretical investigations of HBT-related phenomena (MPI, UW)

●  Nuclear Science Wall Chart & Teacher’s Manual (1997)

●  Continue writing bi-monthly “Alternate View” popular science columns for Analog Science Fiction/Fact Magazine (AV#37-98)

●  Hard SF Novel Einstein’s Bridge (Avon, 1998)

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1999-2009 ●  Theoretical investigations of HBT-related Phenomena

●  Data Collection from the STAR Experiment (BNL)

●  “Sound of the Big Bang” (2003)

●  The HBT Analysis of STAR and NA49 Data

●  The DWEF Model of Ultra-relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

●  Continue writing bi-monthly “Alternate View” popular science columns for Analog Science Fiction/Fact Magazine (AV#99-150)

●  Quantum Optics and Retrocausality: Investigation of the Possibility of Nonlocal Quantum Communication with Momentum-Entangled Photon Pairs (1997-now)

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Status of the UW Test of Nonlocal Quantum

Communication with Momentum-Entangled

Photon Pairs

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Entanglement and Nonlocality Entanglement: The separated but “entangled” parts of the same quantum system can only be described by referencing the state of other part.

The possible outcomes of measurement M2 depend of the results of measurement M1, and vice versa. This is usually a consequence of conservation laws.

Nonlocality: This “connectedness” between the separated system parts is called quantum nonlocality. It should act even of the system parts are separated by light years. Einstein called this “spooky actions at a distance.”

M1

M2

Entangled Photon Source

Entangled photon 1

Entangled photon 2

Nonlocal Connection

Measurement 1

Measurement 1

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Shih Ghost Interference Experiment (1995)

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Klyshko Reflection

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Dopfer Position-Momentum EPR Experiment (1998)

“Heisenberg” Lens f = 86 cm

LiIO3 Down-Conversion

Crystal

Double-Slit Detector D2

Double Slit System a = 75 mm, d = 255 mm

Coincidence Circuit

Auxiliary Lens

Laser Beam Stop

f 2f

or

“Heisenberg” Detector D1

f 2f

Position Momentum

28.2o

Birgit Dopfer PhD Thesis U. Innsbruck, 1998.

Note the use of coincidence.

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Interference Detection

Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

Cramer Half-Slit

Interferometer

MZ Advantages: Interference with full incident beam.

MZ Disadvantages: extremely difficult to align (4 reflecting surfaces aligned to wavelength-scale precision); path is momentum-independent.

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Periodically Poled Nonlinear Crystal

ppKTP = periodically poled KTiOPO4

Phase Matching: kP = kS + kI + 2p/L

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Sacher TEC- 100-0405-040

D-mirror

Polarizing Splitter

Longpass Filters

Crystal Oven

405 nm Pump Laser

Pump Beam Monitor

Splitter In/Out

APD Detectors

The D-mirrors intercept and deflect one-half of each of the beams of entangled photons.

Lens

Mach-Zehnder Interferometer H

810 nm Horizontal

Polarization

810 nm Vertical Polarization

ppKTP Crystal

Send

Aperture

In = Wave = 0

Out = Particle = 1

1 2

Hot Mirror

4

3 D-mirror

Splitter

APD Detectors

Mach-Zehnder Interferometer V

Receive 1

2

Mirror

f

Aperture 90° Pentaprism

90° Pentaprism

90° Pentaprism

90° Pentaprism

Mark III Nonlocal Quantum Communication Test

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Lens

Retrocausal Signaling

We have 10 km of high quality optical fiber coiled in the corner of the laboratory. We split the V-polarized entangled photon beam with a D-mirror, and pass each of the two paths of entangled photons through 10 km of fiber.

The H-polarized entangled photons have no optical delay, and the signal is received as soon as these photons are detected at D1,2, which is about 50 ms before the signal is transmitted, when the twin entangled photons arrive at D3,4.

Receive

1

D-mirror

Polarizing Splitter

APD Detectors

2

Send 10 km

10 km

D-mirror

Splitter In/Out

Send 4

3

90° Pentaprism

90° Pentaprism

90° Pentaprism

90° Pentaprism

D-mirror

Entangled photons from ppKTP crystal

810 nm Vertical Polarization

810 nm Horizontal

Polarization

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