Willow, Google's 58-qubit quantum processor, now scientists managed to use it and this experience revealed an exotic phase of matter never observed, once again raising the provocative hypothesis that we live in a multiverse.
The achievement was possible thanks to an international collaboration that involved the Technical University of Munich, Princeton University and Google Quantum AI, together they managed to realize a topologically ordered flocked state for the first time. That complicated name essentially means that they created a non-equilibrium quantum state in a system governed by rules that change over time, but in a rhythmic and predictable way.
This phase had already been proposed in theory, but never confirmed in experiments until now, to explain it simply, the phases of matter are like states that we know well, such as liquid water or solid ice. They appear in equilibrium conditions when the system remains stable over time, but nature also holds surprises; there are phases that only emerge when the system is out of equilibrium.
In this case, Willow was driven by a rhythmic pattern that allowed us to visualize an unprecedented dynamic order. With this, the team was able to observe the transmutation of exotic particles, something that until then existed only on paper. The use of a quantum chip for this type of study shows that these machines are not only useful for calculations impossible for classical computers; They are experimental platforms capable of recreating and investigating behaviors of matter that challenge conventional thermodynamics itself.
To probe the new phase, the researchers developed, in addition to an interferometric algorithm that functioned as a lens capable of revealing the hidden topological structure, that same processor had already attracted attention when in less than 5 minutes it performed a task that would take nearly 10 septillion years on a common supercomputer; From there, the first speculations about real parallel universes were born in the minds of the developers of this technology.
In addition to reinforcing the previous discussion, the discovery shows that quantum computers can be used as complete laboratories, exploring states of matter impossible to achieve under normal conditions; This opens the way to understand phenomena that are still unexplained and in the future develop technologies that today seem like science fiction.
For those who watched the Foundation series or read Isaac Isimov's book, you should remember Prime Radiant, it would be something similar to him in the future; By witnessing a chip reveal exotic particles in full mutation, scientists not only advanced quantum physics, but also touched on issues that transcend traditional science.
After all, how far can quantum computers take us? They will be just calculation tools or they will become keys to explore parallel universes that some imagine exist.
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